SIR – Bradford Council is to be commended on its foresight. Someone has done their homework on this project.

They have realised that when the improvements to Saltaire roundabout are complete, a great deal of traffic will attempt to bypass the new lights at Saltaire. Why else would they spend £2 million (average approximately £74,000 per road) on support measures for 27 unclassified roads out of a project budget of £3.3 million? Surely the money could be better spent on the A650/A657 corridors where traffic at Fox’s Corner/Leeds Road and the Bingley bypass at the Bankfield Hotel already experience severe congestion at peak times?

Has any consideration been given to these roads at all?

Also I would like to know who is to fund the probable road improvements for Cottingley and the surrounding areas for all the traffic that will inevitably try to avoid Saltaire?

Ted Brown, Ascot Drive, Horton Bank Top