Proposals to scrap a right-turn at a busy Bradford junction have been strongly criticised by ward councillors.

Bradford Council has suggested a new road layout in Lidget Green that Councillor Joanne Dodds has described as “a recipe for disaster”.

Under the proposals, motorists would be banned from turning right off Cemetery Road on to Clayton Road.

Instead, according to Coun Dodds, vehicles would be diverted along Beckside Road, around a mini-roundabout on to Spencer Road and back to Clayton Road.

“I think what the Council is trying to do is wrong,” said Coun Dodds (Lab, Great Horton). “They think there is a bottle-neck at the traffic lights.

“But it is quite a diversion and I honestly don’t believe it will work.”

She added: “I think it will cause chaos. Beckside Road is already clogged up. It is a recipe for disaster and it will affect lots of people.

“My fear is that people are not going to know about this.”

Emergency vehicles would still be able to turn right, said Coun Dodds, but she added that would lead to other motorists taking a chance.

“It will create so many problems,” she said. “I just think the Council has got it totally wrong.

“All three of us Great Horton councillors are against this. We know our community and we know it will not work.”

A Council spokesman said: “The right-turn ban is being considered as part of a planning requirement relating to the Asda development on Cemetery Road.

“The scheme is part of a number of highway improvements which Asda are funding under the terms of a planning agreement, designed to alleviate existing traffic congestion at this busy junction and along sections of Cemetery Road. Copies of the plan are available for inspection at City Hall.

“Letters of support or formal objections to the proposals from the public should be made via the City Solicitors’ Office. The proposals and any representations received will be discussed at the next meeting of the Bradford South Area Committee to be held in Committee Room 5 in City Hall at 5.45pm on June 27.”

Coun Dodds added: “The legal order has been publicised, and if people want to raise objections they can – I am urging people to write in.”