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BSTA consultation in Manningham, Frizinghall and Owlet

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We are pleased that community researchers Street Space have been consulting residents in Owlet and Frizinghall on behalf of BSTA.  At the same time BSTA members knocked on every door in Southfield Square to start building membership in Manningham. We are growing support for our aims amongst communities along the full length of Canal/Valley Road.

Street Space has been uncovering the barriers to people getting around on foot, bicycle and public transport.  Unlit and litter-strewn paths, too much traffic, and the ease of car travel are high up the list of residents feedback. BSTA is planning public events for the Autumn and look forward to Street Space’s final report providing important evidence in support of alternatives to the current road scheme.

Why the silence on the road plans?

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A reminder of the current situation with the Bradford-Shipley road scheme:

  • Bradford Council are working up revised options for the scheme that will be put out to public consultation in ‘early 2023’.
  • We have challenged Bradford Council to consult now on the revised option as an outline, before they do detailed planning work.
  • Despite writing to request this back in April we haven’t heard back from them. Why the silence?
  • At this stage we simply don’t know what the changes to the plans will be.

We will continue to push for early consultation to any changes to the scheme so that the public can have input into the plans as they are developed. If you use social media, please like our Facebook page and share the recent post there about the need for consultation now, before detailed work is done on new options for the scheme. If you could help us more regularly with social media (not a lot) please let us know.

BSTA in the headlines – consultation before development, not afterwards

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In April, government Transport Minister Grant Shapps wrote to the West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin, on government funding for road schemes. He stated that: “Schemes should promote the use of active travel and public transport; not lead to overall increases in car use or car modal share; tackle traffic congestion; and improve air quality.”

BSTA has asked Bradford’s political leaders of all parties to give a clear pledge that the Canal Road scheme will not go ahead unless it delivers the positive changes demanded by the transport minister and backed up by many UK and international climate reports.

The T&A reports BSTA’s demand that consultation is needed on alternatives before current proposals are developed. In the Council’s response, they promise only consultation after the proposals have been developed. That is not good enough.

The Big Consultation: a big success

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Our consultation on alternatives to ‘Shipley choked with traffic’ has given a great boost to solutions that make healthy ways of travel easier.

Held all day on 5th March 2022 at Shipley’s Kirkgate Community Centre, more than two hundred people came to cast their votes and make their comments on the Bradford-Shipley Travel Alliance (BSTA) proposals.

A full report gives the results of the consultation and more pictures. We will be giving voice to the views in coming weeks.

Thanks to all who took part and those who volunteered their time and energy to make the event such a success. It was jointly organised with Shipley Town Council.