COUNCILLORS are pressing for improvement work on a canal bank path known as ‘Old Man’s Walk’.

They acted after a local resident complained that the footpath, from Clog Bridge to Braithwaite Bridge, was in a bad condition and needed levelling before winter.

Silsden Town Council will ask the Canals and River Trust to assess the situation and put things right, and will also inform Bradford Council because the canal is in Silsden’s conservation area.

During a recent town council meeting another resident requested that seats be placed on Bradley Green. There was a suggestion that two tree stumps could be cut-out to create seating areas.

Councillors received an update on a request that yellow lines be painted outside the football ground in Keighley Road and at the bottom of Skipton Road.

Bradford Council has not included the requests on its list of highways work over the next financial year.

Councillors suggested that local people who felt strongly about the issue should write to the council to support the proposals.