Political pressure has come into play in the Baldwin St toilet issue, with staff being told by Mayor Dave Cull to get the matter resolved "and fast". The lack of public toilets at the world’s steepest street, which attracts thousands of tourists, particularly during cruise ship season, has become increasingly frustrating for residents and local businesses. For more than three years they have had constant requests from cruise ship passengers, tourists and visitors to use their toilets, a norovirus scare and plans for toilets that have never come to fruition. That intensified recently when the council promised temporary toilets by Labour Day weekend, but they never arrived. The council had been told in the past the issue would be resolved but that had not happened.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 04, 2016 17:08 UTC