Wigan street re-opened just days after it was closed for urgent building works

Emergency building works at the Queen’s Hall Methodist Church forced the partial closure of the pavement on Market Street on Wednesday.

At the time Wigan Council said works are urgently needed to secure masonry on this building, and are expected to take four to six weeks in total.

Now the local authority has announced that the pavement has now re-opened and a walk-through has been created.

It may offer some relief to business along the street that have already been impacted by the Fettlers development.

Earlier this week, Creation Weddings and Prom Dresses said they were unaware of the closure until informed by the Wigan Post and they were concerned that the latest disruption had thrown another spanner into the works for the business.

With some neighbours moving to other locations, Creation has looked even more isolated of late and the completion of Fettlers can’t come soon enough for them.