A progress update on Bingley's relief road is to be unveiled alongside youngsters' artistic views of the project.

The one-day event at the town's arts centre on Thursday, February 13, will be the final public exhibition before the three-mile route roars ahead to completion in autumn.

Aerial photographs of the £47.9 million road - which now has a third of the blacktop laid - will be on show and representatives from construction company Amec and the Highways Agency will be on hand to answer visitors' questions from 8am to 8pm.

Amec community liaison officer Carley Scott said: "We hope as many people as possible will come along and look at how much work has been done and also find out about the final stages of the project."

Bingley artist Jane Fielder will also be showing her colourful impressions of the road, which will stretch from Crossflatts to the Ramada Jarvis Bankfield Hotel in Cottingley. Her 'Janescapes' show diggers, cones and other equipment against the backdrop of the town's features, including the distinctive Altell building and Damart chimney.

"Everything about the road is inspiring. I love the huge yellow crane, the bollards are such a lovely shape and the yellow hards hats bring colour all along the route," said Mrs Fielder.

Pupils at Trinity All Saints, Priestthorpe and Myrtle Park Primary Schools have followed the project closely and created paintings and poems reflecting the work which are being judged by Mrs Fielder.

"I was really spoilt for choice as they've created some marvellous paintings using a variety of materials and lots of imagination," she said.

Joyce Moyers, a teacher at Myrtle Park school, said children used maps and also downloaded photographs off the internet which were incorporated in their creations.

"They had a lot of fun doing it and they've had a great interest in the road as many of them live quite near it," she said.

Prizes given by Amec will be presented to each school and a number of pupils.

The final deck beam at the South Bog section will be lifted in on February 11.

The final piece of concrete will be poured into the viaduct spanning the River Aire at Cottingley on February 12 - which will complete the flow of the road.