Council to decide on bus route improvements

The work would include extra bus lanes and new signals on the district's most congested routes

A decision will be made later on schemes to improve Bradford's busiest bus routes.

Bradford Council provisionally secured £1.29m in Levelling Up funding to cut bus journey times and boost public transport reliability.

The schemes include plans to extend bus lanes, implement bus gate systems and create more road space.

The council's executive committee will meet to discuss the four projects and if approved, they would go to public consultation.

According to the council, the schemes must demonstrate they would cut journey times by 10% and improve reliability by 10%.

The routes were identified by bus operators, based on their daily experience of delays.

Proposed changes should not affect journey times for other road users, the council said.

Other planned features include replacing a mini roundabout on Little Horton Lane with traffic lights and moving pedestrian crossings and bus stops to Feversham Street.

The four schemes aim to make improvements to the junctions at:

• A647 Leeds Road/Garnett Street

• Bolton Road/Leeds Road/Stone Hall Road

• Little Horton Lane/Park Lane

• Leeds Road/Laisterdyke

'Remove barriers'

Councillor Alex Ross-Shaw, executive member for regeneration, planning and transport, said the proposals would "remove barriers to travel", particularly for those on low incomes.

If approved, the four schemes would be completed by October next year.

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