THE CHRISTMAS lights extravaganza that attracted national attention to a suburban street in Kambah last year is back again, this time with even more candy cane decorations than before.
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The cheerfully decorated Bissenberger Crescent shot to national significance last year after ACT bureaucrats told home owner Phil Jensen to take down an advertisement on a website telling people Santa was coming to the street.
The website also said there were plans to close off part of the road and to make it one way.
TAMS responded by sending a department officer to lay down the law, telling Mr Jensen special permission would be required and presenting him with a handbook on what was required to hold a special event on public land.
This year, Mr Jensen said he and the Government were putting the past behind them.
''TAMS is helping to minimise the disruptions for the neighbours,'' he said.
''They are managing the traffic [with some partial road closures]. As you can understand some neighbours really do get upset because of the traffic.
''TAMS really are helping. I think last year they put their big foot in it to be truthful but this time they are being helpful.''
A TAMS spokeswoman said Roads ACT would implement temporary traffic arrangements on Bissenberger Crescent including turning part of the street into a one-way system in a clockwise direction at its intersection with Mannheim Street to Brownsmith Crescent.
''A cul-de-sac on Bissenberger Crescent will also be closed off [to] general traffic. Access for residents living within the cul-de-sac will be maintained at all times.''
The arrangements will be in place between December 16 and January 5.
Mr Jensen hoped the street would still reach national prominence, this time through a program on Foxtel's Lifestyle channel called Christmas Lights Spectacular, which is due to air tonight at 7.30pm.
It is a 90-minute special showcasing some of the most elaborate lights displays in the country, profiling streetscapes in Melbourne, Queensland and the ACT.
Mr Jensen's home is laden with more than 80,000 lights this year and his gardens have numerous candy canes and a new 2m decorative Barbie-style castle.
His neighbours often get into the spirit, decorating their homes in an effort to see whose can be the most impressive.
Mr Jensen's display, which has a collection point that raises money for charity each year, will this year give its funds to the ACT Eden Monaro Cancer Support Group.