Traders on Cook Street say ongoing construction works have made the street the "newest public toilet".
Business owners have written to City Council expressing their "deep dissatisfaction and anger" at works linked to the former Victoria Hotel.
In May, scaffolding and hoarding went up on the north end of Cook St, as works were to commence to redevelop the hotel into a four-storey retail unit.
The hoarding was originally to remain until September 11th but the project has been delayed because of a change in planning permission.
It is now expected to be a ground-floor retail unit, and the hoarding is now expected to remain until the end of February 2022.
Speaking to RedFM News John Grace of John Graces Fried Chicken on Cook Street says business owners who rely on footfall are worried:
