Plans to renovate the Victoria Embankment have been submitted following the controversial closure of its toilets. It marks the start of the Memorial Gardens restoration project which is due to be completed next year, which would revamp the currently derelict and unused existing undercroft.
The proposed works would create a tea point and storeroom for volunteers, giving them somewhere to shelter. It would also replace the recently closed toilets, which were costing Nottingham City Council around £32,000 per year.
Councillor Kevin Clarke, leader of the Nottingham Independents opposition group, said this would leave visitors “cross-legged” over the summer. But Councillor David Mellen, leader of the Labour council explained the toilets were being shut as part of plans to close a £28m funding gap this year and would be replaced.
