The details
Four restroom stalls—two women’s and two men’s—will be installed along Mercer Street, east of Vintage Soul, 302 Mercer St., Dripping Springs, as previously reported by Community Impact.
Dripping Springs Mayor Bill Foulds said the new restrooms will make downtown more accessible.
“Public restrooms may not sound glamorous, but they are essential to creating a downtown that is welcoming, walkable and built for everyone,” he said in a news release. “We’re grateful to the TIRZ board, to the City Council, and to everyone involved in this for making this important project a reality. We are excited that these are being unveiled in time for our annual Founders Day Festival.”
The city is hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony April 17 at 4 p.m. to celebrate the occasion. The event will be on Stephenson Way between 302 and 300 Mercer St., Dripping Springs. City officials said attendees should gather in the Stephenson parking lot due to the number of attendees expected.
City officials said the event may include a “ceremonial first flush to christen the new facilities.”
The project started in December and is expected to finish April 17 in time for the ceremony and Founders Day, April 25 through April 27.
It cost an estimated $365,000 for the restroom project. Partial funding was from the city of Dripping Springs Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone, or TIRZ, board, which focuses on infrastructural improvements in the city, according to the news release. The restrooms are part of a TIRZ initiative to enhance the downtown infrastructure and economic vitality of Dripping Springs, the news release states.
