Porta potties substitute for Opening Day
by Elka Worner After a yearlong delay, construction has resumed on a new restroom at Clark Field, but the project will not be completed, as had been anticipated, in time for the Hermosa Little League opening day on Saturday. “Our players, their families and friends have been anxiously awaiting the completion of the bathroom at Clark Field,” Hermosa Beach Little League President Mark Mamber said this week. “We’ve been told they’ll be completed in April, which would be incredibly exciting.” Until then, the 450 Little League players and their families will use portable bathrooms. The restroom renovation at Clark Field is part of a $2.4 million City Park Restrooms and Renovation Project, awarded in July 2021. The project also includes new restrooms at Fort Lots-Of-Fun, at 1102 Sixth Street; Sea View Parkette, at 1879 Prospect Ave.; and South Park, where a solar powered bathroom is slated for construction. The project was scheduled to be completed in Spring of 2022, but was halted in September of 2022 following a dispute with the contractor. “The original contractor failed to make adequate progress on the project and was terminated as a result,” City Manager Suja Lowenthal said at the…
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