Cobar's childcare shortage is set to be eased as the town's new Early Learning Centre looks to open by the end of August.

The centre on Brennan Street began construction around 18 months ago and will provide 88 childcare places under Cobar Shire's Ward Oval Masterplan published in 2021.

The current council-run facility on Bourke Street, Kubby House Childcare Centre, has capacity for 31 children aged 6 weeks to 5 years across two spaces.

 Centre Lead Educator Amy Curpen said that hasn't kept up with community needs.

"We currently have quite a long waitlist," Ms Curpen said.

"It's between 80 and 100," Ms Curpen said.

"For most of them, one of the parents will probably have to stay at home and look after the children.

"One will have to sacrifice working."

A February excursion with children from Kubby House to the construction site of the new centre. PHOTO: supplied

Cobar mayor Jarrod Marsden told the Western Plains App on 3 July that the new centre will be open "within the next four to six weeks."

"Childcare is a massive issue for Cobar at the moment," Cr Marsden said.

"This childcare centre will remove that waiting list and allow everyone in Cobar that needs childcare to have it.

"It's only the final touches that are going on at the moment. It's all but done, there's a little bit of finish work and a bit of clean up. Put the furniture in and away we go.

"The official opening will depend on the availability of the politicians obviously, but it'll be physically open and doing business."

 According to project designer Dunn Hillam's website, classrooms and office spaces will be organised around a central courtyard, which will act as a play space.

The centre will also have a children's library and double as a community space outside of business hours.

Ms Curpen said the new centre will create local jobs.

"It's going to allow us to have more educators, so increasing the workforce, and also to give back to the community by providing more space and more spots for the children," she said. 

Cr Marsden said the old facilty will be "refurbished and repurposed," with one option being an afterschool childcare centre.