Sunday, August 29th, 2010

Riverside Park has some environmentally plans in the works for park improvement, according to The New York Times.  The Riverside Clay Tennis Association, with approval of Community Board 7 and the Department of Parks and Recreation, is working on raising money to construct a carbon-neutral composting public restroom near the 96th Street clay tennis courts.  The complex, the first of its kind in a New York city park, would compost the sewage to fertilize park greenery and use solar panels for power.  The proposed restroom, which uses only about three ounces of water per flush compared to three and a half gallons with normal restrooms, would replace two portable toilets and structures for equipment storage and would be located on the southeast corner of the courts.  The association successfully raised $40,000 for last year’s feasibility study on the complex, and is now working on raising an additional $600,000 to design it.  Construction, which would cost an estimated $5.5 million, is estimated to be completed in the summer of 2012 if the funds needed are raised.

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