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Christmas lights 25 years ago on Dee street, still in use today but they are past their best.
The Invercargill City Council have put out this release today asking for feedback on what, how and where the replacement Christmas lights should be placed.
For many years now they have only been erected on Dee & Tay streets, and its a no brainer that they need to be back on our main shopping trip ESK STREET MALL.
Invercargill’s ageing Christmas lights have undergone crucial maintenance so they can be installed for another two years, but decisions need to be made about future replacements, Chairman of Finance Cr Neil Boniface said today.
The Council owns the Christmas lights and Electricity Invercargill Limited arranges for them to be put up and taken down. Cr Boniface said the ageing lights that had been installed over the last 25 plus years, usually lasted about seven years and were gradually replaced over time, but the English supplier of the Christmas lights had now gone out of business. Council would need to look at alternative suppliers for replacements.
“With the inner city redevelopment, this is a good time to discuss options for replacement lights, what they should look like, where they should be sourced and where they should be hung. “The Christmas lights were also originally hung in Esk, Kelvin and Don Streets but since the last inner city upgrade they were hung only in Dee and Tay Streets. With the new redevelopment, people might like to consider whether they should be moved back to Esk and Don Streets. “There is also the option of looking at the possibility of winter lights.“Council will be looking into this from 2015 onwards and consulting with the Inner City Working Group and other key stakeholders,” Cr Boniface said.