Signs welcoming you to Alexandria describe it as ‘the heart of the Vale.’
But fed-up traders and residents are warning that the regeneration work that has isolated businesses and crippled footfall is at risk of killing off the town centre for good.
As part of a £12million transformation plan – set to take six months to complete –the Smollett Fountain is being restored, Main Street is being re-paved and the eyesore Mitchell Way shopping precinct is being demolished.