Dunedin City Council city property manager Kevin Taylor said temporary toilets for Baldwin St in Northeast Valley would be in place by Labour Weekend.
The first cruise ship of the season is due next Thursday, and the next on November 2.
A lack of toilets at the popular tourist spot has caused issues in the Northeast Valley area for some time, as tourists turn up in busloads.
This has also created parking issues.
Last year, Otago Community Hospice chief executive Ginny Green said sightseers entered the facility looking for toilets, and local business Grid Coffee in North Rd has had to deal with up to 15 people waiting to use the customer-only toilet.
In May, Mr Taylor confirmed the council would install public toilets for Baldwin St, either permanent or temporary.
This week he said: "All we’re going to be able to do this year is to provide temporary toilets."
A permanent option continues to be discussed.
"We won’t have ready for summer a permanent solution.
"There’s a consultative process that needs to be gone through with the community."
It was yet to be decided where the temporary toilets would go.
Enterprise Dunedin business development adviser Michael Harrison said several council departments were involved in responding to issues at Baldwin St.
His role was to pull together those departments to form a council response.
All the necessary information had been collected, and the council would now go to the community to work out a way forward.
There was "a mixed view" about what was needed in terms of toilets for daily requirements and what was necessary for big events such as the annual jaffa race.
"We just want to get it right."
Staff were meeting next week to "work out a way forward".
The meeting would also discuss parking, and residents’ safety when cars and visitors were walking up and down the street.
Asked why the council was still at that stage when the busy cruise ship season was about the start, Mr Harrison said: "We’re moving slowly to make sure that we’re moving forward with full knowledge and full community engagement."
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How hard is it to hire a few loos, chuck them on a truck and take them down for the first cruise ship. Shortsightedness at its worst. Get some there and then sort out the permanent place for them. Talk, talk, talk but very little action it seems from this council
I could go to a hire company and get a portable toilet overnight. DCC needs nine months to make a couple of phone calls.
No wonder the planning department is in disarray. How much time does it really take to request pricing from 3 or 4 potential suppliers and evaluate their responses? Nine months to do what should have been a half day task.
But to be fair, first of all they would have needed to make a decision and this mob can't possibly do that in less than 6 months.
I don't understand why the people tolerate this carry on at Baldwin St, tourists are there from 7 in the morning till late at night in the summertime. It must be like living in a fishbowl I'm surprised somebody has not been hurt or assaulted.