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An $845,000 upgrade of the toilets and associated facilities in Kowhai Park, in Warkworth, is finished.
The refurbishment includes three unisex toilet cubicles, a campervan dump station, concrete bridge to Matakana Road and 16 designated parks with an overflow area.
The project ran over budget, after an initial estimate of $770,000.
Auckland Council head of project delivery John Schermbrucker says the first estimate was done two years ago and the market had changed since then.
He added that Council had not accounted for the diversion of a water main in its plans.
The works also took three months longer than anticipated due to the relocation of a vector cable. The cable was attached to an old footbridge that will be removed later this year. A service beam bridge has been erected to carry the cable.
The concrete bridge provides the same access as the old footbridge and the cables will eventually be relocated outside of the park when Hill Street is upgraded. The new toilet block is modular so can be moved if future works on the intersection require it.
