The project includes replacing old buildings and market stalls with six new commercial units and a large community building. These would overlook a landscaped town square with new stalls.
The site currently has trees growing out of a burnt out building and an abandoned market.
Shopkeeper Julia Hall became both a Rotherham borough and a Dinnington town councillor because she wanted to make a difference.
She said: “We have been neglected for a number of years in Dinnington. We are really disappointed we have not seen any progress. I think by now at least the spades could have been in the ground but we’re not seeing anything.”
Fellow shopkeeper Fiona Walden, also a town councillor, said: “Dinnington hasn’t had any money spent in the area for many years and we are all looking forward to these improvements but it’s not happening quick enough.”
