Almost £1.25 million will be spent over the next 12 months improving Keighley roads.

A raft of road safety schemes, road repairs, street lighting and traffic regulation orders were revealed this week.

Bradford council's ruling executive this week approved a £3 million-plus package for the whole district.

Up to £876,000 will be spent on schemes to cut the number of people killed and injured on roads in Bradford and the Aire Valley.

The government allocation to Bradford - the second highest in the region - recognises the district's past success in tackling accidents. An estimated 1,121 injuries have been prevented in nine years.

The biggest local road safety scheme is on Oakworth Road, Keighley, where £32,500 will be spent on warning signs, pedestrian crossings and a mini-roundabout.

Around £6,000 will be spent on providing skid-resistant surfaces at the junction of South Street and Goulbourne Street.

A series of major road repairs, totalling almost £1.2 million, will be carried out in central Keighley and the Worth Valley.

These include Cavendish Street, North Street and South Street, Hebden Bridge Road, from Haworth Brow to Lees Lane, the A629 Halifax Road, at Sugden End, and the A629 along Denholme Main Street.

Street lighting will be improved in Coronation Way, Braithwaite, this year and nearby West Bank Rise next year.

Traffic regulation orders costing a total of £17,260 are planned for Keighley, Haworth, Steeton, Silsden, Cullingworth, Oxenhope, Eastburn and Harden.

Latif Darr, the councillor responsible for transportation and planning, is particularly proud of Bradford's success in reducing road injuries.

"All of these measures will help improve road safety for motorists, pedestrians and cyclists," he says.

Cllr Darr says the road safety package is a true "people's plan" drawn up after extensive consultation, mainly through neighbourhood forums.

"We didn't want a safety plan simply produced by the council," he says. "This is from the community.

"It is important we develop the best solutions through continued involvement with local communities. It's vital we continue to extend the number of life-saving schemes."

Among the new measures are:

Brow Road, Haworth - left turn restrictions

School Street, Steeton - access and waiting restriction

Skipton Road/North Street - waiting restriction to avoid congestion caused by parking

Stone Grove, Steeton, waiting restrictions

Bar Lane Bridge, Riddlesden - revoking three-tonne limit

Bolton Road, Silsden - extend 30mph speed limit at bend near North Street

Halifax Road, Cullingworth - waiting restrictions

Howden Road, Silsden - waiting restrictions

Laycock Lane, Keighley - speed limit/width restriction

Lowertown, Oxenhope - waiting restriction at Station Road junction

Oakworth Road, Keighley - waiting restrictions at Nashville Terrace junction

Sutton Lane, Eastburn - 30mph limit

Aireworth Road, Stockbridge - waiting restrictions near Bradford Road junction

Bolton Road, Silsden - disabled parking near Bridge Road

Gas Street car park, Haworth - one-way order

Granby Lane, Riddlesden - waiting restrictions at Hospital Road junction

Greenhead Road, Utley - waiting restrictions near High Fold Lane and Stoneycroft Lane junctions

Hebden Road, Haworth - 40mph speed limit between Brow Top and Oxenhope

High Street, Steeton - 20mph speed limit near Chapel Street

Holme House Lane, Keighley - reduce speed limit

West Lane, Keighley - waiting restrictions near Lustre Street

Wilsden Road, Harden - waiting restrictions at Sunny Mount

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