The Franklin County Commission held a ribbon cutting ceremony and officially opened the St. George Island Public Restrooms on Tuesday.
Construction began last fall on the facility which is located south of the Cape St. George Island Lighthouse Museum and Gift Shop, near the entrance to the public beach access.
The facility was designed by Dewberry Engineering and is storm-rated and fully ADA compliant.
It features 10 bathroom stalls (five men and five women in two detached areas) and three manual outdoor shower units.
All lavatory fixtures are sensor-operated allowing for a hands-free experience.
The interior of the restroom facility is lined with low-maintenance fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) panels from wall to ceiling.
The accessible ramps and stairways all are connected to the existing sidewalk south of the Lighthouse
Museum.
The existing restroom facility has remained in place during the construction of the new building and
may be turned into a dressing facility to reduce the impact on the new restroom areas.
Funding for the St. George Island restroom facilities comes from the county’s lodging tax.
The restroom project represents the largest public works project on St. George Island funded by the lodging tax.
Tourism officials and island business owners say this has been a project long time coming and represents a significant infrastructure investment for the Island.
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