MORE than £170,000 is being spent improving toilet facilities in Cleveland.
The £174,000 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council will improve the public facilities in Saltburn, Marske and Guisborough.
Disabled facilities will be installed at the Saltburn Lower Promenade toilets. The work, costing £54,000, will start on Monday and last about eight weeks.
On Monday, May 22, work starts on £85,000 toilet facilities in Redcar Road, Marske. It is expected to take 14 weeks to complete.
The Fountain Street toilets, in Guisborough, will be refurbished at a cost of £35,000, with work expected to be completed by May 29.
The council's cabinet member for environmental improvements, Councillor Bob Stanway, said: "As a council, we are bucking the national trend with this investment, which shows we are committed to improving public toilets, making them more accessible for the disabled and adding a baby-change facility for parents.
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