Future plans to extend Leeds Bradford International Airport could have dire consequences for anti-speed campaigners.

Residents are currently battling to get the volume of traffic on Green Lane, Yeadon, reduced and are calling for a new access road to be built to feed the expected increase in airport traffic.

Green Lane is the major route to the airport and the Government document on the expansion of airports could see Leeds Bradford International Airport increasing over the next 30 years.

The residents have now formed the Green Lane Action Group (GLAG) to consolidate their protests and will be holding a demonstration on the road during the rush hour period both tomorrow morning and evening.

Stuart Andrew, leading the residents group, said: "The main reason we are doing this is because the sheer volume of traffic is unacceptable.

"There has already been a number of deaths on the road and this is really a residential lane and shouldn't be used as a primary road.

"First and foremost we want the traffic to adhere to the speed limit and get the road re-routed. The Government's paper on the future development of air transport in the United Kingdom looks at future access to it along the A658.

"It states that 'access via the A658 is likely to become an increasingly serious problem as the airport grows to forecast levels, requiring improvements in public transport provision, more off-site parking and possibly a new access road to the A65 removing traffic from Yeadon and other built-up areas nearby'.

"The Action Group will be campaigning for such improvements. Road access to the airport is incredibly poor and this is storing up major problems for the future and we want something done now."

Lars Koerdt, of Green Lane, said: "There should be a ring road built, like Manchester has, to take the traffic. The support for this is overwhelming from the residents."

The group has already been turned down by the Council in its attempts to have 30mph speed signs placed along the road to remind motorists to keep to the limit.

It even offered to purchase its own, but by doing so they would contravene the Traffic Regulations and General Directions Act 1994, which prohibits any further signs being displayed where the 30mph zone is indicated by the system of street lighting.

Residents have called for the traffic to be evenly distributed between Green Lane and Harrogate Road.

Micklefield Lane and Harrogate Road used to be called the A658 until residents complained and the route was diverted along Apperley Lane and Green Lane.

Prior to the change-over the former A658 was classed as the 46th most dangerous road in the whole of the Leeds district.

Now residents believe that the move has only shifted the problems onto their road.

Mr Andrew added: "The council says we cannot have speed cameras because the roads eligible are assessed by accident records recording six injuries in three years.

"How many more do there need to be.? I witnessed two accidents at the weekend outside my house."

Several people have been killed on Green Lane in the past five years.

A Leeds City Council spokesman said: "Green Lane is well within a 30mph zone as indicated by a road sign and the street lighting, and our surveys confirm that drivers regularly break the speed limit along this route.

"Sadly, we are prevented from putting up any more signs by the Traffic Regulations and General Directions Act 1994, and as the road does not have a high accident rate, we are not able to put extensive traffic calming measures in place.

"Nevertheless, we are concerned about the situation and are considering the possibility of installing crossing facilities in the area."