For decades, visitors to downtown Ellsworth have relied on local businesses or public buildings to use a bathroom.

But that finally might be about to change. By next summer, there could be a public bathroom near City Hall that is open 24 hours a day, including on weekends.

“It’s going to be built in late spring, so it is ready for the busy summer season,” Twila Fisher, the city’s economic development director, said Wednesday.

Downtown public bathrooms open during non-business hours are common in many communities throughout the state, but have been lacking in Hancock County’s largest municipality. The addition of the restroom is expected to be most useful on evenings and weekends, when the options in the city’s busy downtown become scant.

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