Residents could suffer temporary, "severe" noise disruption during the construction of a planned £40 million Odsal Stadium, a study of its impact reveals today.

But the study, which will go to councillors next month, says they will get a better deal when it is built because it will eventually be quieter in their streets than in the past.

Developers Sterling Capitol commissioned reports on the effect of the 26,000 seater stadium - home of Bradford Bulls rugby league club - with a Tesco superstore, hotel and leisure schemes.

The independent surveys give the plusses and minuses and say what can be done to remedy problems. They warn noise problems will be worst in Woodhouse Terrace, Wynford Way and Rooley Crescent during part of the work, but there will be silencers on equipment, and everything will be done to prevent major problems.

The massive development would also have two new access roads and a four-exit roundabout on Rooley Avenue betw-een Staygate at the end of the M606 and Odsal Top. It would be heavily geared towards bus travel with a park-and-ride area on the development feeding into the Manchester Road guided bus route.

The survey concludes the scheme will create more local traffic, but says it could be eased by limiting the amount of parking for patrons and bringing in a residents' parking permit scheme on match days.

Workshops where residents can discuss the planning application and consultants' reports will be held from 2pm to 8pm on Thursday and next Tuesday in the function room of Richard Dunn Sports Centre.

There will also be a neighbourhood forum meeting on Wednesday, November 14, at 7.30pm in the Pavilion bar at Odsal Stadium.

Resident Sheila Mortimer, of New Hall Drive, welcomed the meetings but said: "We are very concerned. We overlook a meadow and there is going to be road going close to the houses. We need to know about landscaping and where it is going."

David Warburton, who lives near the stadium, said: "I am concerned about traffic and access. The timing of these meetings is also almost at the end of the deadline on Novem-ber 15 for people to make representations about the application. I hope people will realise this and attend."

The Council's executive member for the economy Councillor Simon Cooke said: "We want inconvenience to residents kept to an absolute minimum.