A DISTRICT councillor has called for Keighley’s multi-million pound jam-buster programme to be scrapped.
Khadim Hussain, a former Lord Mayor of Bradford, is demanding Bradford Council step back and come up with a new ‘strategic vision’ to tackle the town’s congestion problems.
Cllr Hussain, whose Keighley Central ward suffers major traffic logjams throughout the day, has condemned the current £8.1 million package of measures as mere “tinkering”.
He said: “The short-term measures are a waste of money. We can’t do everything piecemeal.”
The Council’s current plans involve ‘quick fix’ changes to road markings and traffic lights, a new exit for the bus station along Cooke Street and the widening of North Street, and over the next few years a £7 million gyratory along East Parade and Gresley Road.
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