In the Greenway Trail Restroom project, the City of Germantown, Tennessee, and HDR Engineering came to Romtec for the design and supply of a restroom structure to serve a new section of the Germantown Greenway Trail.
The Germantown Greenway Trail is a planned 22-mile trail system offering a pathway for walkers, runners, and bicyclists along Wolf River and throughout the natural areas such as the Wolf River Nature Area, the Lucius Burch State Natural Area, and the Shelby Farms Park areas. Thirteen of the planned 22 miles have been completed, beginning at Neshoba Park, and will eventually encircle the city to link parks, schools, and neighborhoods. (“Nature Areas and Special Facilities”, 2021)
To service the new section of the Greenway Trail, Romtec supplied a restroom to be constructed by Wagner General Contractors near Wolf River Nature Area and the Germantown Youth Education Pond. The restroom contains four single user restrooms, two designated for women and two designated for men. Each restroom is ADA compliant and has diaper decks for parents to easily tend to their small children’s needs.
In addition to diaper decks, the City of Germantown also opted for additional upgraded features to improve the users experience inside the restroom, such as the combination of natural and mechanical ventilation to fight odors and provide fresh air inside the structure; tankless water heaters for guests to wash their hands in warm water; and heated hand dryers for mess free hand drying.
The structure is composed of smooth face grey block with a slightly cool, neutral toned, stone veneer wainscot and board and batten siding. The roofing on this structure is a hardy metal roofing in weathered copper that continues the cool toned color scheme.
Romtec’s building package was shipped to the site and arrived with nearly all the components that Wagner General Contractors would need to construct the building. The successful installation of the structure has provided the City of Germantown with a new piece of public infrastructure along their Greenway Trail, which will continue to grow and improve over the coming years.
Nature Areas and Special Facilities. Germantown-tn.gov. (2021). Retrieved 4 October 2021, from https://www.germantown-tn.gov/play/parks-and-recreation.