Restoration work is in the pipeline for an historic footpath.
Treacle Cock Alley in Bingley has long been used as a thoroughfare between Keighley Road and Three Rise Locks.
For the past three years campaigners have been fighting to brighten it up and make it less forbidding, particularly the gloomy, enclosed section which goes underneath the railway line.
Some improvements have already been carried out thanks to the efforts of the Better Bingley Campaign - and now Bradford Council has drawn up plans to carry out further work.
On March 31 Shipley area panel on March 31 will discuss a £1,800 scheme to remove the remainder of the surfacing which was laid in Treacle Cock Alley several years ago and restore the old stone setts.
Councillor Jim Flood (Lab, Bingley) today welcomed the plan to improve the alleyway, which is a particularly popular short cut for Bingley Grammar School pupils.
"The proposal is to finish off the job of removing the surface which has already been started. It's extremely good news and should largely get rid of the flooding problem that there's been," he said.
But Philip Smith, chairman of the Better Bingley Campaign, warned that the transformation of the alleyway from an eyesore into a welcoming tourist route for visitors heading for Three and Five Rise Locks was far from complete.
Litter problems have been reduced and the railings separating the path from the nearby churchyard have been smartened up with a coat of paint but the alleyway is still being badly hit by vandalism.
Mr Smith said he was sickened by the damage caused to high-security lighting which had been installed in the tunnel at a cost of several thousand pounds by Railtrack.
"The vandalism of the lights is just mindless. It's quite deliberate and whoever has done this has gone to so much trouble that it is almost like a vendetta against what we are trying to do," he said.
Mr Smith said the Better Bingley Campaign would be pressing Bradford Council to help pay for vandal-proof lighting and upgrade the existing lamp-post. He also urged companies in the town to offer financial help.
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