Cash is pouring in for a project to provide a purpose-built park for young trials bike riders in Baildon.

The young riders are now set to do their bit for the environment and help raise money for the £12,000 scheme at the same time.

Plans for the park in the Ian Clough Hall car park were drawn up after villagers complained last autumn about youths riding their bikes on walls and benches in the centre of Baildon.

The mother of one young rider urged Bradford Council to provide facilities for the riders. After a petition also demanded action the Council's arts, heritage and leisure department submitted a planning application for the track.

If approved, the park will be built between the car park's upper and lower tiers. The track will be designed to replicate a dry river bed, featuring large stone boulders and other hazards for riders to negotiate.

The Council's Shipley area committee has already earmarked £5,000 for the project, subject to getting planning permission. Yorkshire Water has donated £2,000 to the Baildon Trial Riders, a group of about 20 riders aged 11 to 19, to help set up the track, which would be maintained by the Council.

Nick Gregson, 17, a senior member of Baildon Trial Riders, said he was delighted by the firm's support.

"Having a specific area means we can participate in a sport we love while keeping out of people's way. A donation of this sort sets us well on our way to fulfilling our dream,'' he said.

The scheme has also secured the services of the Shipley Council for Voluntary Services (CVS), which has agreed to hold funds raised by the group.

Other funding sources are being explored and on Saturday, September 7 the young riders will be raising cash themselves with a sponsored clean-up in Baildon.

Anyone who wants to get involved in the project, sponsor the clean-up or make a donation should call the Shipley area coordinator's office on (01274) 757146.