Traffic-calming schemes to stop back streets leading off one of the gateways in to Bradford becoming a network of rat-runs have been criticised as "piecemeal".

Four new schemes will be introduced on roads off Manchester Road to complement a £7 million guided bus system.

Bradford Council believes the guided route will transform the road into a gateway to the city centre. The introduction of speed humps and cushions on adjoining streets is to act as a deterrent to motorists using them as a rat run.

Humps are already being built in St Stephen's Road and work is due to start in Park Lane and Ransdale Road on humps and cushions to slow traffic down with the same in Carr Bottom Road later on in the year.

But Councillor Dave Green (Odsal, Labour) said residents in his ward and the Little Horton area still believed the schemes had too many gaps in them.

He said: "What we said in our last meeting with the council was that as opposed to the somewhat piecemeal approach to the traffic calming measures, officers should be taking a better survey of the streets around the Manchester Road and Huddersfield Road areas, which they've now done.

"What we are now hoping is that we will be able to take forward these proposals and take into account residents in these affected areas. But the struggle goes on to get a more comprehensive scheme in place."

Councillor Anne Hawkesworth, executive member for the environment, said the Council would continue to consult with residents about what was needed in their areas.

She said: "We are committed to traffic calming schemes which have led to a great reduction in the numbers of people, particularly children, injured on the district's road."

Only one lane is open to off-peak traffic between Odsal Top and St Stephen's Road on Manchester Road while work on the central bus guideway is carried out.