Relief could be in sight for motorists held up at what has been described as one of the district's worst junctions.
An experimental scheme, to be introduced over the next few weeks, is set to ease congestion at Baildon's A6038 Otley Road/Green Lane junction after a campaign by councillors and residents lasting years.
A £430,000 scheme to put in traffic lights there does not look likely to be introduced soon.
Bradford Council hopes to install signals at the junction in the long-term, but in the short is looking to adjust timings of lights at Otley Road's junctions with Baildon Road and Salts Mill Road in off-peak periods.
The measures, which would be reviewed after six months, aim to create more acceptable gaps in the traffic in Otley Road, giving motorists more time to turn right out of Green Lane.
At the moment campaigners say the volume of traffic using Otley Road causes massive delays for motorists waiting to turn right out of Green Lane, with some taking risks by pulling out in front of oncoming vehicles.
Councillor John Cole (Lib Dem, Baildon) said: "I'm acutely aware of the problem there and have not come across a worse junction on the north side of Bradford. The traffic in Otley Road creates huge tailbacks in Green Lane, sometimes going as far back as Coach Road.
"It's not a dangerous junction in terms of the number of accidents but people can be left waiting for 15 to 20 minutes, which creates immense frustration and I'm aware some drivers do take risks to get out of Green Lane.
"Hopefully these measures will make some improvement but at some time in the medium term at latest we have got to get on with the larger scheme, although it's very expensive.''
Councillor Phil Thornton, chairman of Bradford Council's highways sub-committee, said: "There is a great deal of concern about that junction and we're looking at every opportunity for funding although at the same time we recognise it's a very expensive scheme for the improvements it will generate.''
He said it was unlikely the signal scheme would go ahead in the short-term, adding that making access on to the A6038 too easy could encourage rat-running through Lower Baildon and longer delays in Otley Road.
People needed to use alternative forms of transport, he said.
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