Calls are being made for a special public meeting after 'crucial' pockets of the Aire Valley were missed out in a massive traffic questionnaire.

Councillor David Ford (Green, Shipley West) said he was appalled that residents in parts of Nab Wood and Shipley were not given chance to have their say on transport issues.

He claimed he, and many other people, never received a copy of the A650/A657 corridor improvements study.

"The whole idea was to give people throughout the Aire Valley chance to have a say on what could be done. But if they've not even had the questionnaire through their door it means the results will be far from accurate," he said. "Nab Wood is a crucial area as it is at the end of the relief road. People living there have a lot to say about traffic."

He feared the low response - only five per cent of the questionnaires were returned - could be because of non-delivery.

Coun Ford is now urging Bradford Council to arrange a special neighbourhood forum.

The Council commissioned Faber Maunsell in Leeds to carry out the survey of 60,000 residents along the Aire Valley from Keighley to Baildon.

The aim was to gauge public opinion on what improvements would follow the completion of the two-mile Bingley relief road.

Of the 3,169 people who responded, 1,362 voted for better public transport and traffic management compared with 1,222 for a new bypass. Others supported the upgrading of existing roads or minimum traffic improvements.

The results will be presented to Bradford Council's Executive Committee on Tuesday.

A resident of Nab Wood Crescent, Nab Wood, who did not want to be named, said he never saw the survey. "It's supposed to be Aire Valley-wide but obviously it's not. It's ridiculous," he said.

A Council spokesman said they would be looking at how those who missed out could have a say and stressed there would be more public consultations.

A Royal Mail spokesman said the questionnaires were delivered over a number of weeks in June as the contract directed.

"The items were unaddressed and therefore there's the possibility that customers have received the mailing but have simply thrown it away without reading it."