Why spend thousands for a new restroom when a five dollar lock would suffice?
Yeah, give em a grant for five bucks.
I don't support this budget breaking law, but women will get the short end of the deal when bathrooms and showers are shared. Or maybe it is whoever is in a distinct minority won't have equal, or even reasonable access to bathrooms and showers.
There is a facility sharing thing at my office, with a men/woman changeable sign and a lock on the locker/shower room. I know women that just don't bother working out or biking to work, because there are men showering and dressing in the room a good portion of the time during the morning rush and lunch hour. Women always end up waiting, and then possibly making multiple men wait while they lock the door to shower and dress, which takes them longer than men.
Women also have the indignity of always having to shout into the room before entering. Then there's the possibility of an oops moment or perv behavior of some sort, landing the management in legal trouble.
It's a dumb idea from a company too cheap to pay for custodial services for two rooms. Any woman that would complain about the situation would have my sympathy, perhaps even a shoulder to cry on.