The high overhead street lights in Parker Street have been fitted with a new banner system, with the first flags to flutter being Christmas greetings.
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The system is part of the Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council's master plan for the CBD.
Implementation of the plan has already led to an improvement in the gardens and general appearance of Parker Street, welcomed by councillors on a number of occasions at recent meetings.
The banner system has been funded by a grant from the Stronger Country Communities Fund Round Two, an initiative of the NSW government State which is administered by the council.
It will allow council to put up seasonal banners without the need for a cherry picker.
The banners will celebrate the change of seasons, and other festive periods throughout the year.
The Christmas banners were put up by council staff and contractors on eight of the eleven overhead lights early this week. The remaining three were fitted using a cherry picker to install the halyards and pulleys yesterday.
Mayor Abb McAlister said he was delighted that the banner system was installed in time for Christmas.
"This is a project we've been working on, and I'm pleased we were able to get it done in time for Christmas," Cr McAlister said.
"Parker Street is looking great and very festive."
The town has been looking Christmassy for the past two weeks, with an attractive Christmas tree on the Wallendoon Street roundabout and Christmas decorations festooning the council offices, as well as numerous shopfront decorations.
The street at night time will look even brighter next year, after the council budget provides funding for another sixteen sets of tree lights, following the successful trial of lights on two trees recently.
However two signs displaying the town's iconic wattle are not being lit up, despite calls from residents for the floodlights to be fixed.
Cootamundra's wattle theme also seems to have been downgraded at the northern approach to the town, where the few surviving wattles were removed a few months ago. The trees have not been replaced, and all that remains now is a sign Acacia Baileyana, with not an example in sight.
