THE finishing touches are being applied to Fitzroy Street as the council finally installs some shade and seating to the divisive development.
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Tamworth Regional Council has started work on its "living umbrellas" in the plaza project.
This is the second stage of upgrades on the Fitzroy Street project, which was started in 2017 and initially cost $4.5 million.
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The living umbrellas are due to be completed before the country music festival begins.
Eventually, the new seating will include "shade cloth, a mist spray and a vine growing across them".
It comes after the council installed four mature Chinese elm trees in the street last September, to help add more shade and comfort to the area.
The councillors voted to spend the remaining $349,000 in the Fitzroy Street upgrade project budget, plus $465,885 from the civil construction reserve, to fund the works.
The initial $4.5 million in street works for the area started in May 2017 and were completed in early 2018.
The project was met with some criticism upon completion, the lack of shade and seating a noted absence.
Even the council's former planning director, Brent McAlister, sounded off about the works and said it "hadn't worked" when he first came to the role in late 2018.
Mr McAlister helped deliver the most recent upgrades. Lighting and public art could be added to the area in the future.