Following community feedback, the Christchurch City Council is planning to put new toilets in Harrington Park, Riccarton.

There is currently no toilet in the well-used park -- the nearest toilets are either in Westfield Mall, The Warehouse on Blenheim Road or Middleton Park.

A feature of the toilets will be artwork on the sides, as well as a community noticeboard on one wall. There should also be scope for the storage of volleyball nets, the consequence of a proposal developed as part of a project developed last year with local university students, school students and residents. The proposal involved making volleyball nets available that could be used temporarily on the park and rolled away for storage when not being used.

The council has begun community consultation on the plans. Feedback can be provided online (https://www.ccc.govt.nz/the-council/consultations-and-submissions/haveyoursay/) or by contacting Sam Sharland at the city council: , phone941 8793 

Photo: Artist impression of the new toilet on Harrington Park (artwork and orientation is an example only).