Plans made by the DOI and Bus Vannin to close Castle Street in Castletown to traffic were met with rejection by MHKs and commissioners.
As a result, the scheme was altered to instead make the street one way.
But how are visitors and businesses adapting to the change - which is due to last a year?
Chair of Castletown Commissioners Jamie Horton explained the situation:
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