AS the scaffolding comes down at the Rosswyn Hotel and the freshly refurbished frontage is being revealed, many businesses based in this part of Ross are hoping that it will be an attractive beacon for shoppers.

Many of the residents and traders in Copse Cross Street have been affected by the blight on the landscape which the Rosswyn was for many years, long before the current owners, the Drummond family, took it on.

However, there was a surge of hope that with the work taking place at the site, this could once again be an attractive entrance to the town.

Guy Drummond, who is overseeing the project, told the Ross Gazette that obtaining planning permission for the hotel, which is a listed building, had been a long and frustrating process but work finally began in September.

It was a coincidence that as the work was being carried out at the Rosswyn, work by Western Power Distribution began on upgrading the cable network in Ross-on-Wye

Mr Drummond told the Ross Gazette that the Hotel frontage is now fully painted but they are still waiting for a lot of the windows to be restored as it has taken longer than expected.

He said that 18-19 High Street has now been made structurally sound and rebuilt internally. They are still waiting for the shop front to be reinstalled.

“We hope that people will be happy with the Hotel being put back to looking like it should.”

Copse Cross Street has been closed to traffic since October 20th whilst WPD started the work to install one kilometre of underground cable, as a part of a £1 million investment to boost power supplies in Ross.

Cable laying work is expected to continue in the area until January 2018 and additional updates will be provided as it progresses. Once complete, the work will help to further safeguard supply reliability to around 1,000 customers.