Kooyoo Street to be transformed into shared space for Winter Delights in July.

The proposal will create a pedestrian plaza featuring seating, a kiosk and lights projected onto buildings at night.

Winter Delights in Kooyoo will be held in July 2021 and run for four weeks.

Council's project planner Nathan Beer said the idea of turning Kooyoo Street into a shared space between cars and pedestrians received a strongly positive response from nearby businesses.

Mr Beer said 31 businesses on the bottom two blocks of Yambil Street and Banna Avenue had been surveyed with 70 per cent supporting the idea of a shared space.

"It's really an opportunity to have a town square, we don't have any where like that in Griffith," Mr Beer said.

He said Winter Delights would allow the idea to be tested for a month in July 2021.

"It's a logical evolution in that as the CBD becomes more densely populated we need more pedestrian-centred areas," Mr Beer said.

"When we spoke to businesses they saw it more as a place to park or to travel across to the two high streets, not as a destination.

"We're going to hopefully change the perception so its seen as a destination."

While cars will still be able to use the space, Mr Beer said pedestrians would take priority during the event.

The funding has been granted from the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment's Streets as Shared Spaces program, with Griffith one of the few which received more than $100,000.

Griffith City Council will contribute $70,000 as part of the proposal.

"It will be a very welcoming space and a very relaxing space," mayor John Dal Broi said.

Councillor Dal Broi said the application for the money was an example of council staff thinking "outside the box".

Slated as a pilot project, Cr Dal Broi said it would provide a opportunity for the community to get together in the post-COVID world.

And while still only a pilot project, Cr Dal Broi said there were other plans on the horizon which would benefit the city.

"We've got parking at the railway station and going forward we plan to put more car parking next to Quest and therefore people can park there and walk along here," Cr Dal Broi said.

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