Story last updated at 8/28/2009 - 10:46 am
PALMER - State parks around the Mat-Su Valley are getting new restrooms designed to last for years.
Parks Superintendent Wayne Biessel told The Anchorage Daily News they are fireproof and bulletproof.
About 20 park restrooms around Mat-Su either have been or will be replaced.
The restrooms at Finger Lake State Park were replaced last year. At Kepler-Bradley Lakes State Recreation Area, the restrooms in the main park were replaced this month, as were long-closed restrooms at Canoe Lake and Long Lake.
Restrooms at King Mountain State Recreation Site near Chickaloon, Nancy Lakes State Recreation Area in Willow, Big Lake North access and Independence Mine are also on the list for replacement. So are all the restrooms in Copper Basin area parks.
Dan McDonough, who owns Lifetime Adventures, the company who operates Kepler-Bradley, Finger Lake and four other parks in Mat-Su, said the new restrooms are getting good reviews, both from employees and park users.
Gone are the splintering old brown wood, the green skylights and worn-out locks. In their place are durable concrete buildings made to look like wood and stone.
The buildings are all made by CXT Inc., a company owned by L.B. Foster Co. The units are prefabricated in the Lower 48, then barged up from Seattle.
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