A PLANNED restoration of Edinburgh's Leith Walk, following years of upheaval from tram works, has been criticised as shambolic and lacking in vision by local traders.

With the famous thoroughfare due to be dug up again in September for temporary road surfaces and pavements to be replaced, local businessmen claimed ambitions to transform it into a "grand boulevard" that would attract shoppers and tourists have failed to take shape.

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