A two-year road safety campaign has led to new signs and railings being put up to protect children from speeding traffic.

Parents and councillors from Addingham met with a highways representative this week to show him the dangers their children faced whilst travelling to school.

After the meeting , which took place on Tuesday, it was decided that three new flashing signs will be put up warning traffic to slow down and iron railings will be erected outside Addingham Primary School, Bolton Road.

The move comes after parents expressed concerns that they and their pushchairs were forced on to the road between the Crown public house and Park Lane because of parked cars on the narrow pavements.

Parents, head teacher Jane Drake and members of the parish council met with Bradford District Council highways officer Simon Moscroft to look at the issue.

There have been problems with speeding traffic on Bark Road and Bolton Road for many years and councillor Michael Aldridge has called for more severe action to be taken.

"We have been campaigning for two years ever since we realised the school would be catering for younger children," he said.

"We managed to get somewhere towards slowing the traffic by getting Bradford Council to agree to put up some flashing school signs. But these will not be put up until the new financial year at the end of April. Mr Moscroft also agreed to put up iron railings outside the school and these will be done as soon as possible.

"We asked him to consider getting some traffic calming measures such as speed humps etc.. but he would not commit himself to that. We have come a small way towards getting adequate road safety but we still have got a long way to go and the parish council will continue to press for more to be done to make it safer.

"The council are reluctant to put in traffic calming measure because there hasn't been an accident on the road but they shouldn't put a price on children's safety."

Chairman of Addingham Parish Council, Gordon Campbell said: "Following the delegation of mothers attending the December surgery organised by the parish council, it became evident that there was great concern over road safety in the general area of the primary school.

"Negotiations have already commenced between the school and apparent authorities but these were obviously taking time. As a council we acted immediately and organised this week's meeting between the involved bodies, the school, the transport authority and the parents, together with the council representatives who visited the site.

"Why we have to plead for school road safety is beyond me but the fact is we do and we support the school and the parents to make sure that the system is as safe as can be."