For community campaigners Kent and Dianne McNab, Christmas has come early and their gift has been two decades in the waiting.
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After 10 months of work, the long-awaited roundabout at the intersection of Suttor, Mitre and Lambert streets is all but finished after the removal of the orange roadblocks.
The only work that remains in the tarring of the car park near the tennis court and the beautification of the roundabout.
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Mr McNab, who first raised his concerns about the intersection 23 years ago to then Bathurst mayor Ian McIntosh, was thrilled to see the roundabout finally functioning.
"It's bloody fantastic, bloody terrific. It was worth the bloody fight," he said, after campaigning council for a number of years for the roundabout.
"We were going to fight until we fell. We always wanted it.
"Council's going to put a few little trees and bushes in to beautify it a bit."
Mrs McNab said she believed the roundabout will make it much safer for school students, particularly those from The Assumption School.
She said the roundabout has been made necessary for the area following the expansion of suburbs such as Llanarth and Windradyne.
"Of course there wasn't as much traffic years ago," she said.
"The increase of the houses built at Windradyne and Llanarth and further along has made for a big increase in traffic for the past 20-30 years.
"Because of that, it's made the roundabout more necessary."
Both Mr and Mrs McNab were both full of praise for Talis Civil Construction, the company that carried out the work.
Bathurst councillor Alex Christian took to Facebook to share his joy that the roundabout was all but done.
"Over twenty three years of talk is finally over," he said.
"Congratulations Talis Civil Construction on a fantastic job with minimal disruption, just brilliant."
Businesses in the area are also keen to see the work at the roundabout all but done.
"It looks a lot better but until the car park is open, we'll have to wait and see," A and B Quality Meats owner Deon Reynolds said.
"It should be good moving forward. Hopefully it'll function well and people will return to the area."
Labh Singh, who owns Lucky 7 Supermarket, said it's been a very hard time during construction.
He said he's happy to see the work at the roundabout almost coming to an end.
"The roundabout looks good and it's taken about eight to nine months but it's been hard for us," he said.
"[Business] will hopefully pick up again."
