Motorists speeding through red lights face being caught on camera at dozens of roads across the district.

They will face fines of up to £60 in the new safety scheme due next year.

There are currently cameras at three junctions in Bradford - Manningham Lane/Queens Road, Leeds Road/Shipley-Airedale Road and Manchester Road/St Stephen's Road.

But the Council is considering extending them to 30 other roads, in a scheme costing almost £500,000.

The scheme would be operated by the police and fines would cover the cost of running it.

The bid to make the district's roads safer could also bring a jobs boost to Bradford. A county-wide operating base in the city could create 16 jobs.

Today an AA spokesman said: "We are broadly in favour of this but we feel it is very important for them to be clearly signed.

"We hope people will realise they are there to save lives."

Members of the Council's Executive Committee will be told by officers on Tuesday that the scheme will be funded by the Treasury.

Government criteria mean the West Yorkshire Casualty Reduction Service, which includes the five Councils, police and health authority, will have to make a joint bid, submitting a business case.

Officers will tell the committee the Council has managed to keep accidents down without the extensive use of cameras. But it will need to install more to meet injury targets by 2010. The government wants a 40 per cent reduction in accidents - and 50 per cent in those involving children.

Executive member for the environment, Councillor Anne Hawkesworth, said the cameras would be installed at points where accidents were caused by drivers speeding through lights.

She said: "These cameras will be highly visible and the purpose of the exercise is to reduce accidents. The beauty of the scheme is that it will not come out of the Council's coffers.. The Council has to pay out £480,000 in start up costs but will claim it all back from the government within 12 months."

She said the cameras would be installed over the next two years.