The San Francisco parks department blamed the exorbitant price tag on skyrocketing construction costs, the permitting process and other fees.
Local officials were set to gather on Wednesday in San Francisco's Noe Valley Town Square to celebrate their latest win: a single public toilet that will cost as much as $1.7 million to build and won't be completed until 2025.
But the celebration was canceled after a San Francisco Chronicle columnist highlighted the "mind-boggling" and "maddening" details of the project.
California Assemblyman Matt Haney told the newspaper that he now considers the price tag "inexplicable."
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