Local residents are appalled at the scale of the destruction.
The area will be the site of a new roundabout, linking the Relief Road into the existing A650. Here traffic, of which the peak hour flow is expected to double when the new road is opened, will be funnelled towards Saltaire, where it is certain to create huge problems. Anxious council highways officers are currently monitoring traffic levels there. Meanwhile, the council's Specialist Pollution team have published an assessment of the districts air quality. Using new modelling software, they have included predictions of pollution levels from the new road at Bingley in 2004.