The regeneration scheme in Castletown should be completed on February 19.
The news will come as some relief to traders, who have suffered greatly since the scheme – involving repaving and closure of the square – began in the summer.
Owner of Callow’s Yard, Roy Tilleard, called on a joint effort to identify the way forward and promote the town with an advertising campaign.
Town commissioners’ chairman Alwyn Collister said the authority would happily support such an initiative. However he pointed out the town was already suffering because of disruption associated with Callow’s Yard.
He added alternative parking spaces had been identified to compensate for lost parking in the square. To help traders over the Christmas period the square was open for parking for two weeks which was ‘a great help’.
Traders island wide were suffering, he said. ‘It’s not only us that has a problem, you cannot force people to come in.’