Ballymena traders are pressing for a key aspect of the town's £4 million Public Realm Scheme to be postponed until the New Year.
Church Street needs to be closed to traffic many weeks for repaving
and to allow the installation of a new sculpture at the Bandstand.
At a town centre meting last week the traders firmly rejected two other options where the work would take place before Christmas.
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