A group which has spent a decade fighting for improvements to Bingley is in danger of folding if more members do not step forward.

The Better Bingley Campaign was set up as a lobbying group in the 1990s to campaign for the start of the relief road and the redevelopment of the town centre, including the Myrtle Park shopping centre.

But just as it has started to enjoy the fruit of its labours with the opening of the relief road and plans to redevelop the town centre, the group faces a difficult decision as two of its long-standing members have announced they intend to step down.

Neither chairman Keith Yardley nor secretary Donald Wood will be standing for re-election, and with dwindling membership the group must now decide whether to dissolve, or continue in a new vein.

Mr Wood, one of the founder members of the group and one of its earliest chairmen, said: "I have been chairman of the Better Bingley Campaign on and off throughout the 12 years of its existence, and for the last two I have been secretary. As I am approaching my mid-70s it is my belief I shouldn't cling to office forever and should encourage new faces to come forward. I think Bingley needs a central organisation, with some teeth. With the opening of the relief road, the town needs to see some major investment."

Mr Wood said that the group had initiated the development of the riverside walk from Ireland Bridge to Myrtle Park, improvements to the graveyard opposite the parish church, the creation of a historical trail and signposting in the town.

The group also campaigned vigorously for the relief road and the planned £1 million redevelopment of the town centre.

Chairman Keith Yardley said: "We are really looking for some new enthusiasm and some new blood in the group. I have moved from Bingley to Keighley and so I don't feel that I have got the right credentials for chairing the group any longer."

At its annual meeting on Wednesday members will consider dissolution if people do not step forward to take up roles. Anyone who wants to join the group is asked to attend the meeting at the Town Hall, on Myrtle Place, at 7.30pm.