Work on Wakefield's troubled market food hall is set to be finished this spring, council bosses have vowed.
The new £3m indoor market, next to Wakefield bus station, was opened with a fanfare in June 2008.
* Click here for latest Wakefield news.But just four months later the food hall was closed on the advice of environmental health experts.
* Click here for latest YEP news.Major improvement works carried out since then include a new floor, new stalls complete with canopies, new layout and a new ventilation system.
* Click here to watch latest YEP news and sport video reports.The re-opened hall will also feature a new demonstration kitchen for regular cookery skills shows, using produce from the market.
* Click here for latest YEP news and sport picture slideshows.The completed food hall along with the main hall and outdoor market will be open up to six days-a-week and will be able to accommodate 12 businesses in stalls as well as two barrows.
Lisa Dodd, service director for culture and sport said: "We are all now looking forward to what promises to be an excellent market complex. The new features in the food hall like the demonstration kitchen will be a real draw."
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