{"id":260469,"date":"2025-07-13T02:26:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T02:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/260469\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T02:26:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T02:26:18","slug":"pubs-underground-toilets-damaged-during-roadworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/260469\/","title":{"rendered":"Pub’s underground toilets damaged during roadworks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Council contractors working on a pedestrian scheme have accidentally damaged a pub’s underground toilets during their work.<\/p>\n

Patrons at The Quadrant pub in Clifton, Bristol, now have to cross the road to use two portable toilets, after diggers destroyed a cellar roof.<\/p>\n

Pub director Tom Rowell said the damage meant his pub was losing 30-50% of its usual takings at this time of year.<\/p>\n

Bristol City Council said: “We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused and are actively working with the business owner to rectify the situation as quickly as possible and with minimal disruption.”<\/p>\n

It is understood that contractors missed the cellar when a ground penetrating radar survey was conducted before work to pedestrianise Princess Victoria street began.<\/a><\/p>\n

“Luckily I was the only person in the building when I heard the crash, I went to the bathrooms to look and I could see daylight coming through and contractors looking down,” Mr Rowell said.<\/p>\n

The damage and subsequent water leaks mean the building has no functioning toilets and patrons have to use two portable toilets.<\/p>\n

“My business relies on goodwill and of repeat and returning customers and giving them a premium and enjoyable experience and as soon as they come to need to use the facilities, the fact that they’re not there has been a big issue,” he said.<\/p>\n

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Mr Rowell heard a crash and discovered his toilets had been damaged [Tom Rowell]<\/p>\n

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The cellar is now being held up by temporary supports before repairs can begin [BBC]<\/p>\n

Mr Rowell said there was a “lack of urgency” over the repairs, and “a level of passing the buck to the next person or the next department”.<\/p>\n

He estimated internal repairs would take two days, but that could not happen until the road above was also fixed.<\/p>\n

Councillor Ed Plowden, chairman of Bristol City Council’s Transport and Connectivity Committee said: “We accept that we need to put it right and have provided two portable toilets on site for The Quadrant customers to use until the remedy works have been complete.”<\/p>\n

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