Public toilets on the High Street are facing their 'D-Day' according to a councillor. Wombwell Coun Dick Wraith raised the issue at a public meeting on Monday, where it was revealed council staff had repeatedly found people sleeping in the disabled section of the toilets - which is accessible only with an electronic key - and more than £30,000 had been spent repairing vandalism and drainage problems. He said: "It's coming to D-Day for the toilets. We need a scheme because the council doesn't want them. It would cost £15,000 or £16,000 to knock them down and we've spent more than £30,000 on them over the years. "It's like pouring a bucket (of money) down a bottomless pit. We want to keep the toilets for the High Street but we can't win." Brian Whittaker, who chaired the meeting, said electronic keys were available for those determined to buy them but Wombwell Safer Neighbourhood Team PC Simon Fletcher said it was not unlikely there were homeless people or drug addicts in Wombwell classed as disabled - and thus eligible for a key. The meeting was told the disabled toilets were not presently locked up along with the male and female toilets on an evening but PC Fletcher added they were unlikely to be used after shops closed on the High Street. He suggested a metal gate be installed which could be locked by a volunteer 'after hours' to avoid vandalism and people sleeping there. Who would be willing to take up the responsibility, however, was not made clear.