San Francisco building single public toilet that will cost $1.7 million and won't be completed until 2025

Local officials were set to gather on Wednesday in San Francisco's Noe 
Valley Town Square to celebrate their latest win: a single public toilet 
that will cost as much as $1.7 million to build and won't be completed 
until 2025. 

But the celebration was canceled after a San Francisco Chronicle columnist 
highlighted the "mind-boggling" and "maddening" details of the project. 

California Assemblyman Matt Haney told the newspaper that he now considers 
the price tag "inexplicable."

"When Rec and Park first told us the number, it sounded shockingly high to 
me," Haney told the San Francisco Chronicle. 

"I’m glad that Noe Valley will at some point get a bathroom, but it 
shouldn’t cost this much, and it shouldn’t take this long, and I’m angry 
about it. … It’s not something I want to celebrate right now."

A spokesperson for the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department told 
Fox News Digital that the exorbitantly high cost is due to "onerous 
demands and unpredictable costs levied by PG&E," construction costs that 
have skyrocketed 20% to 30% in the past two years, and employment of 
workers who are being paid a living wage with benefits. 

"It’s also important to note that public projects and their overall cost 
estimates don’t just reflect the price of erecting structures," the 
spokesperson said. "They include the cost of planning, drawing, permits, 
reviews, public outreach and construction management."

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