In the past, this kind of service was offered much wider to the population. But, over time, many cities and municipalities have closed these public toilets.
When some municipal advisers want a “thing” to recognize them
This problem that we often only think of when concerned is not new. But it can be well uncomfortable in very specific cases. We are thinking here of the elderly, people with disabilities, people with chronic illness, etc. To solve this problem, the deputy PTB asked the Walloon minister if a specific plan was planned to set up, in Wallonia, a real network of public toilets.
The Minister ofquenates is said to be well aware of the problem. He considers that “Access to sanitary facilities within public space must be guaranteed to all citizens. “ He specifies in this regard that “cErtaines common and Walloon cities have public toilets installed on their territory, mainly in the city center. “ A guide to good practices is being written by all the Walloon administrations concerned (social action, territory, infrastructure, agency for quality life) in order to support municipalities that wish to develop public toilets and “So allow them to set up practical, secure, well -localized, accessible infrastructure, meeting the needs of each. “ It is not yet known when this guide is available.
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An application like in Brussels
The Minister will take two initiatives from existing experiences in Wallonia and Brussels to try to respond in part to this problem. The first is the deployment, throughout Walloon territory, of a Liège initiative aimed at developing a partnership with the Horeca sector mainly. The second is “The possibility of being part of the Brussels approach relating to the use of the Peesy application, a mobile phone application that allows you to find public toilets around you. “
But for this application to be usable in Wallonia, it is necessary to know with precision the places where public toilets are already installed. However, contacted by Freethe minister replied that there was not, to date, cadastre of public toilets in Wallonia. “”The census announced under the previous legislature could not be carried out at this stage because its implementation has proven to be complex, as the administration indicated to us. Nevertheless, we remain mobilized to work on a more operational and concrete approach, in consultation with the actors concerned “concludes François DESQUESNES.
