Imagine: fresh new TTC washrooms that are cleaned every 90 minutes and do not smell horrible.

The TTC says all 10 privies in its stations will be transformed from repulsive holes into modern, well-scrubbed facilities by the end of June, where a pit stop will no longer be a nose-holding ordeal.

The tradeoff is they’ll all be closed for about six weeks while they are torn apart and completely renovated, a serious inconvenience the TTC regrets but says will be worth the wait.

We reported last week that washrooms at Kipling station were closed from mid-January until the end of February, leaving passengers with nowhere to go at the end of the Bloor subway line.

The TTC said they were closed for upgrades, including new hand dryers and tiling, but six weeks seemed far too long to deny such basic needs.

After complaints about closed washrooms at Finch station, we called Chris Upfold, the TTC’s chief customer service officer, who explained that the scale of the work is much more extensive than we’d been told.

And six weeks for a top-to-bottom retrofit, including new plumbing, sinks and toilets, floor and wall tiles and other finishing touches in the boys’ and girls’ rooms is quite reasonable, he said.

The floors are 30 years old and have an aroma that can’t be scrubbed away, while the toilets and urinals are also outdated and much harder to clean than modern fixtures, Upfold said.

The new washrooms “will be cleaned every 90 minutes so we can maintain them in this good state,” he said, adding that some janitors from TTC offices will be redeployed to keep up with the new cleaning regimen.

“These are the things that are customers have been telling us, and we are doing something about it.”

The Finch washrooms were finished last weekend and reopened Monday, while Kipling will be done no later than early March.

We checked out the men’s room at Finch, which is bright, functional and blessed with new fixtures and tiling. But an absence of odour was the best part of the renovated can.

The next stop on the renovation train is the Yonge-Bloor hub, where the current washrooms are hideous, and Kennedy station, which will both be closed at the end of this month.

With only 10 washrooms across the entire TTC system (a problem in itself, and a story for another day), we still think it stinks to deprive passengers for so long.

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But the improvements are so badly needed and overdue that it will be a huge relief when riders are able to use the washroom without dreading it.

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