A new multi-million pound scheme to improve road safety at one of Bradford district’s most notorious bottlenecks has been drawn up.

The heavily-congested Saltaire roundabout will be replaced by traffic lights under the latest scheme put forward by Bradford Council.

It is believed it will cost £4.3 million and includes blocking off access to the junctions from Clarence Road and Albert Road.

Traffic to and from Hirst Wood will be able to reach Bingley Road via a new set of traffic lights at Hirst Lane.

Councillor Anne Hawkesworth, executive member for environment and culture, said: “The scheme is designed to increase road safety, improve traffic flow along the A650 corridor and make it easier for pedestrians and cyclists to negotiate the junction.

“It will also create an opportunity for bus priority lanes and a high quality landscaping at the gateway to the Saltaire World Heritage Site.”

An earlier £10m plan has been shelved after the Council struggled to secure priority funding from the Regional Transport Board (RTB), which included plans to buy and demolish the Saltaire filling station to create a loop road.

The new designs have been produced by a working group of residents, Council highway and planning officials and staff at Metro, the West Yorkshire passenger transport authority.

Consultancy Arup, which has an office in Leeds, has offered advice on the scheme, which will start next year if it receives public support.

Shipley MP Philip Davies said: “I’m grateful that the Council has spent quite a lot of time and a considerable amount of money on tackling this problem.

“I think what this scheme will probably do is stop people, particularly those coming from Saltaire Road, from taking their lives in their hands when they pull out at the roundabout.

“But it is a shame that the Council has had to put forward a smaller version of the scheme because the Regional Transport Board refused to give them the money that they needed for a more ambitious scheme.”

Shipley Green Party Councillor Kevin Warnes, a member of the steering group, said it had chosen what he believed was the best scheme of 18 discussed during a series of meetings.

“I am really pleased that we have got such a positive outcome,” he said.

The plans will go on public show tomorrow at Hughes Bakery in Hirst Lane, where Council officers will also be available to answer questions from the public, and at Victoria Hall, Saltaire from Monday until March 16.

A special neighbourhood forum will be held on Tuesday, March 16, at 7.30pm at Victoria Hall, Saltaire, to present the scheme and allow people to add their comments.

To view the designs visit bradford.gov.uk.