Have you been up to check out the new BP service centre on the Parkes Bypass yet?

If you have, you will have noticed the new McDonald's restaurant is well under construction next door.

The new service centre, called BP Parkes Gateway at 23-53 Westlime Road, opened to the public for the first time on 24 September.

The new McDonald's will serve its first customers by the end of the year.

The fast-food restaurant will be in addition to the McDonald's in Bogan Street on the old highway, also managed by the Parkes and Forbes McDonald's licensee Jenny McLeod.