Bradford Council traffic officers and policing teams are teaming up to educate drivers and enforce speed restrictions in South Bradford, and hope to receive £3,000 for extra equipment.

The trial method of working will focus on the Royds, Wibsey and Queensbury wards and will involve monitoring traffic through a radar survey box, as well as using a speed indication device.

Funding of £1,307 is required for the radar survey box, after a unit was destroyed in Holme Wood last month.

The policing team is also asking the Bradford South Area Committee for £1,622 to buy the device that shows motorists the speed at which they are travelling.

In a report to the committee, Darren Badrock, of Bradford Council, said: “The traffic and highways team has recently been approached by the NPT Inspector for Queensbury, Royds and Wibsey with regard to identifying and prioritising sites across the constituency area where public perception of speed was a concern.”

He said the new radar survey box would be used by the Council’s traffic team. The equipment has “proved invaluable in gathering information to enable informed responses” to queries from the public and councillors about traffic speed and volume.

“The possibility of joint operations between the police and the area traffic team has been discussed, and a method of working has been proposed that will benefit both parties,” he said.

Members of the area committee are being asked to approve the funding when they meet on Thursday, December 13, at 5pm, in Bradford’s City Hall.