An unadopted Keighley street is to be regenerated thanks to a new health project.

The Walking for Health in Keighley project was launched earlier this year. It plans to combine health, environmental and social issues.

By persuading more people to walk, the project hopes to reduce the number of heart attacks, strokes and other health problems in the district.

But the regeneration of East Avenue is its first major structural project.

Project workers hope that improving the street's condition will lead to it being adopted by the Council.

The idea was suggested by members of the nearby Sangat Centre.

Project co-ordinator Neil West said: "We are putting lighting up - it will hopefully mean people are more inclined to use it. We are also improving the footpath which has large muddy puddles on it."

Walking for Health has a grant of £25,000 for three years from the Single Regeneration Budget and £25,000 from both the British Heart Foundation and The Countryside Agency.

The SRB is funding half of the £15,000 East Avenue project; the other half is from a local environmental trust fund. The money will mostly cover the cost of street lighting.

The work will be carried out in April and take about a month.

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