With most city facilities closed during the pandemic, many Haligonians have no place to go. Last week Halifax installed two portable toilets on the Queen St.
plaza, just behind the public library. Halifax Regional Municipality public safety officer Amy Siciliano told Global News on Monday that external handwashing stations will be added this week.
According to Siciliano, getting more places for people to go has been in the works for over a month. “People that rely on our facilities to go to the bathroom no longer could.
We knew that the need was there and we wanted to try to meet it,” she said. The new handwashing stations are not only a matter of hygiene but a precaution measure to prevent the spread of COVID-19.