Furious residents are threatening use their cars to blockade a building site because they are so fed up with heavy lorries rattling past their homes.

People living in Undercliffe, Bradford, near the site of the new St Augustine's Primary School say 32-tonne trucks going to and from the site are posing a threat to their homes as they thunder up and down the cobbled street.

They are worried that the extra site traffic puts children at risk and believe the builders should use an alternative access point at the former St George's School, off Cliffe Road, instead of Westminster Road which is lined with terraced homes.

But, today, a Bradford Council spokesman said the access route to the construction site had been subject to extensive consultation.

"The Council planning regulatory committee accepted the Bradford Schools Reorganisation Programme proposal that Westminster Road demonstrated the safest option," he said

People who live there have been angered by the disturbance and workers parking their own vehicles outside their homes.

"If it comes to it, we will block the road," said Malcolm Bedford, of Northallerton Road, who is pictured with other protesters.

"We know the school has to be built, but if they used the Cliffe Road entrance for traffic it would be better for them as well as us."

Terry Patten, of the Otley Road residents' association, backs the residents' protest

"The houses are shaking thanks to these big wagons and people are worried about major structural damage," he said.

The Council spokesman added: "Bovis Lend Lease has assured us that construction work on the site will be carried out with full consideration for residents.

"Measures are in place to minimise site traffic in and around Westminster Road and Undercliffe. The road surface will be monitored to ensure that it remains clean and safe."

Work on the new St Augustine's Primary School is is expected to be complete by December.