TESCO has finally started work on its new Barnsley store.
The store on Market Street, Hoyland, which will create between 140 and 200 jobs, was originally due to open by spring this year but suffered several delays.
Then it was hoped to be completed before Christmas - but now Tesco says it will instead open in January 2014.
A spokesman for the supermarket giant said they were committed to the project despite delays and looked forward to opening the store for customers.
"These developments do take an amount of time and we want to make sure the development is right for ourselves and our customers," he said.
Permission for the store was granted in July 2011 and workers started clearing the site in February 2012, but then arguments over a pedestrian crossing on Wombwell Road caused delays.
The debate was over whether it was safer to install a pelican or a zebra crossing.
However, a letter to residents from JF Finnegan, the firm tasked with managing the site, confirmed a 36-week build started on November 4.
