Have you ever had to use the ‘John’ while in Washington, D.C? Currently, there are only three public restrooms open 24 hours / 7 days a week. Today, the D.C. Council contemplated a bill that would work to establish more public restrooms within the city. Do you have any suggestions for the Council? Share your thoughts on The Larry O’Connor Show.

D.C. Council Looking To Open More Public Bathrooms in City (WMAL)

By: Heather Curtis

There are only three public restrooms open 24/7 in D.C. Those facilities are located at the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials and Union Station. Wednesday the city council discussed a bill that would set up a working group to look into creating more public restrooms in the city and offering financial incentives to private businesses to get them to open their bathrooms to the public.

“I think there’s a willingness from the business community to step up to the plate, but they want to be in partnership with the District, and I think, as we’ve seen with Starbucks, they don’t want to be the only one doing it,” Will Handsfield with Georgetown’s Business Improvement District told the council.

Handsfield said, not surprisingly, many people use the bathroom at the two Starbucks locations in Georgetown as a public bathroom, which is becoming problematic. He believes Starbucks and other businesses would be willing to open their bathrooms to the public if the city reimbursed them for toilet paper, other supplies and the costs of having the bathrooms cleaned. [Read More]

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