Maria Caulfield MP has written to the Green Leader of Lewes District Council calling for improvements in cleanliness and availability of public toilets across the District.
The Lewes MP has seen a huge increase in the number of residents contacting her to complaint that many public toilets are in a disgusting condition or are completely closed.
The previous Green and Lib Dem coalition who ran Lewes District Council ended the contract for the cleaners as they wanted to bring the service in house under the Council. Unfortunately, they have failed to recruit any cleaners and so now the toilets either remain shut or are in a disgusting state leaving residents and tourists with few options.
Maria Caulfield MP said “I am being contacted by many residents across the Lewes constituency to complaint about the availability and disgusting state of public toilets in the area. Many of these complaints are from Seaford, and people are concerned about how this looks to tourists visiting the town. Many tourists will not return to the town if they are unable to find an open and clean public to use.
“I have written to the Green Leader of the Council calling on her to make sure that public toilets across the District are open to the public and are in a clean and useable condition for people. It simply isn’t good enough that these basic facilities are not kept to a decent standard and improvements need to be made.”