Q&A
Progress update on the Portland Loo pilot project
1:01:29
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Council Member Restler inquires about the progress of the Portland Loo pilot project, highlighting the delays in implementation since its announcement.
- The project was announced in 2022, the first year of the Adams administration
- The pilot in Irving Park is still under construction and not yet opened
- Restler notes that it has been 2 to 2.5 years since the announcement
- The potential cost and time savings of the new model are acknowledged, but Restler expresses frustration with the slow progress
Lincoln Restler
1:01:29
me when was that announced?
1:01:31
The Portland Zoo.
1:01:33
In the 1st year of the Adams administration, if I recall correctly, it was 2022.
1:01:37
And the pilot is still not opened in Irving Park, it has?
1:01:43
Under construction.
1:01:43
So it's not yet opened, but we're getting there.
1:01:46
Okay.
1:01:47
So we're 2 to 3 years after 2 and a half 2 years after it's been announced, has not yet opened, but we hope that it will soon.
1:01:56
Okay.
1:01:57
I mean, I I recognize that going from 3 to 5 years $4,000,000 to 1 year $1,000,000 if this is successful.
1:02:04
It's an enormous enormous progress.
1:02:07
But it's you know, I think Commissioner Donahue correctly came in with great fanfare to this announce this pilot and say that Construction of Park's bathrooms is a major problem.
1:02:17
It costs too much, way too slow.
1:02:19
It's you know, we're very eager to see it actually up and running.
1:02:23
It has taken multiple years to get just to this stage.
1:02:27
Okay.
1:02:27
And then the last question I wanna ask, and I think customer brewer has a couple of things for our chief public room officer as well is just about access to information around bathrooms.
