Part of Peel Market Place has been dug up again to correct problems found after regeneration work was completed.

But town clerk Derek Sewell said that the remedial work should not take more than a few weeks to finish and should not be overly disruptive.

Mr Sewell said that the regeneration work had been completed by the contractor just ahead of TT practice week but problems had been identified which needed rectifying.

The town clerk said that one or two kerbs had been found to be slightly too high and these would have to be removed and replaced.

This is being rectified by the contractor at its own expense.

Mr Sewell said: ’When they finish the works they have to get signed off by whoever they are doing the work for, which in this case was the Department of Infrastructure. The department has highlighted a number of remedial works that are required.’

Mr Sewell went on to say that there was an underground duct which workers had been unable to fit a cable through, due to a blockage.

Work was now taking place to dig down and clear the blockage so that the cable could be put through.

In addition to the remedial work, benches will be fitted, trees planted and landscaping work will be carried out, but Mr Sewell said that everything would be completed within six weeks.

We previously reported how the controversial £1.16m regeneration project had sparked protests in Peel last September.

Some residents were outraged when a wall at St Peter’s Church was demolished and replaced with white steps.

At the time, Peel commissioner Hazel Hannan, who took part in the protests, described the work as ’vandalism’ and a ’disgrace’.

Plans regarding the gateway and arch at the church were modified after the protest and discussions with Mrs Hannan and residents.

The government defended the regeneration project at the time saying that it was ’the result of extensive community input’.