Traders are urging Alexandria residents to get their Christmas shopping locally, with a nightmare six months of roadworks set to end this week.
Works as part of regeneration plans saw the heart of the Vale turned into a building site, with traders left counting the cost of footfall that dropped by up to 50 percent.
As part of a £12million masterplan to transform the Vale, the iconic Smollett Fountain has undergone restoration, the Main Street has been reprofiled and the eyesore Mitchell Way shopping precinct is set to be demolished.