Manningham Safer Neighbourhood Scheme

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The Manningham Safer Neighbourhood Scheme is designed to create an environment in which people, including children, feel more comfortable walking around the area and crossing roads. The measures are also designed to benefit wheelchair users and cyclists.

We want to encourage more people to make shorter, neighbourhood journeys such as dropping children off at school, visiting friends and family in the area, going to the local shops and park, and attending prayers, without using a car. If we can achieve this, we can make Manningham a better place to live. We can reduce road traffic, air pollution and congestion. We can better manage parking in the area, providing parking spaces while leaving pavements free for pedestrians.

Following a consultation in late 2022 and early 2023 where we asked people what the transport issues were in the area and what they would like to see as part of the scheme, we have considered the feedback that we received and the views of local councillors.

We are proposing a number of measures which are explained on this web page. The vast majority of these measures would be implemented on a permanent basis. Some measures, such as the ‘Point Closures’ and ‘School Streets’ would be implemented on a trial basis.

We want to hear your views on these proposals. The engagement period on the Manningham Safer Neighbourhood Scheme will run from Thursday 8 February until Thursday 7 March 2024 and there are a number of ways you can get involved including filling in our feedback form at the bottom of this page, sending us an email, giving us a call or posting your feedback.

What measures are being proposed?

During the consultation which we ran in late 2022 and early 2023, we received feedback on what residents and businesses would like to see make up the scheme. The following measures are now proposed, based on comments received:

  • New road crossings which make routes to the park and schools safer and easier to use - as people said they had difficulties crossing roads.
  • Speeds bumps and junction changes which will slow traffic down - as the speed of traffic was highlighted as a problem.
  • One-way streets, working in a complementary way, to increase the number of parking spaces on Victor Street and Leamington Street - as parking was highlighted as an issue.

We are also proposing a number of other permanent measures to improve road safety, including:

Permanent Measures

20 mph Zone

A speed limit of 20 mph for all roads in the area from Wilmer Drive to the north, and Oak Lane to the south and from Lister Park to the east and Quarry Street to the west.

You can view a map of this area below:


To view this map as a PDF Click here


Road Crossings

A total of 23 new crossings to make getting around on foot or by cycle safer and easier. These include a mixture of:

  • Informal Crossings – a dropped kerb and tactile paving with a refuge in the middle of the road. There are no traffic lights at these crossings, but they make it easier to cross the road safely.
  • Signal Controlled Crossings (Toucan) – a crossing where the user presses a button and traffic lights bring traffic to a stop.
  • Zebra Crossings – a crossing marked with white lines on the road and yellow flashing lights on the pavement. Pedestrians have priority over cars at these crossings.
  • Parallel Crossings – similar to a zebra crossing, but has a specific lane for cyclists on the crossing as well as pedestrians.

Speed Humps

As speeding vehicles were an issue that was raised during the first consultation, we are proposing speed humps at six new locations to slow traffic down and make the area safer for pedestrians and cyclists.

Junction Treatments

A junction treatment involves narrowing a junction and installing a raised speed bump to slow traffic down when entering or exiting the road. By slowing traffic down when entering or exiting the road that has been treated, we can make crossing the road easier and safer.

Temporary measures

Point Closures

As part of this scheme, we will implement point closures on some roads for a trial period.

A point closure is located at a specific point along a road to stop vehicles travelling the full length of a road to use it as a cut-through the area – effectively turning the road into a cul-de-sac. This reduces vehicle traffic and speeds making the area safer and more pleasant for residents and makes it easier to walk and cycle in the area. Residents and businesses can still access their property in their vehicle from one or both sides of the point closure.

The trial of the point closures will be done using an ‘Experimental Traffic Regulation Order’ (ETRO), which allows the closures to be installed temporarily before a decision is made on whether to install them permanently. The trial would last for a minimum of six months but could be extended further, to a maximum of 18 months, before a decision is made on whether to install them permanently or to remove them.

The point closures will be temporary, and either concrete plant boxes or vehicular deterrent paving, which can be easily adjusted or removed, should the trial be unsuccessful.

Vehicular deterrent paving is a bumpy road surface that discourages private cars from driving over it, but still enables service vehicles, such as emergency service vehicles and refuse lorries, to access the road.

We are proposing that nine point closures in total are trialled across the area.

You can view a map of the proposed measures below:



To view this map as a PDF Click here



School Streets

School Streets are intended to improve the safety of children being dropped off or picked up at school. A School Street is a road outside a school where motorised traffic is temporarily restricted during school drop-off and pick-up times. The restriction applies to school traffic and through-traffic. Outside of these times, the road is accessed by all vehicles as normal.

Residents are allowed access in and out of the road during restricted times with the use of a resident pass they are provided with.

We are currently in the process of speaking to schools in the area to gauge their interest in School Streets.

If any schools decide they would like to trial a School Street, our School Streets team will be in touch with parents and local residents to notify them separately. It will then be up to the individual school whether to keep the School Street beyond a trial.

Active Travel Support

If you would like to walk, use a wheelchair or cycle around the neighbourhood more, we can help. If you live in Manningham or Girlington, and would like to find out what support is available, including low-cost electric-bike hire and training, then please email our Travel Well Team – walk, wheel & cycle – on activetravel@bradford.gov.uk.

Traffic Monitoring

To work out what impacts the scheme might have, monitoring of vehicle speeds and traffic flows in and around the area will be taking place both before and after the scheme is delivered.

Cameras and rubber tubes have recently been laid down in the area to monitor what is happening now, before the scheme is delivered, for a period of three weeks.

Next Steps

The engagement period will run for four weeks, from Thursday 8 February until Thursday 7 March 2024.

After the engagement period has ended, we will review and analyse the feedback we have received and decide if we need to make any changes to the scheme which we are proposing on this website.

Once a decision has been made on whether to implement the scheme as proposed on this website, or with some changes, we will send a letter to the community to let you know what has been decided and the next steps.

As mentioned, the 'Point Closures' will be implemented first for their trial period. The permanent measures will be implemented following this and will be constructed over the course of a year in order to minimise disruption.

Find out more, get in touch, have your say

Fill out the feedback form below, or if you would like to get in touch to ask any questions, or provide feedback in a different way, you can also contact us by phone, by email or in writing.

Call our Freephone information line on: 0808 196 9119

Email us at: manningham@future-bradford.co.uk

Write to us: Freepost BFD Highways.

The Manningham Safer Neighbourhood Scheme is designed to create an environment in which people, including children, feel more comfortable walking around the area and crossing roads. The measures are also designed to benefit wheelchair users and cyclists.

We want to encourage more people to make shorter, neighbourhood journeys such as dropping children off at school, visiting friends and family in the area, going to the local shops and park, and attending prayers, without using a car. If we can achieve this, we can make Manningham a better place to live. We can reduce road traffic, air pollution and congestion. We can better manage parking in the area, providing parking spaces while leaving pavements free for pedestrians.

Following a consultation in late 2022 and early 2023 where we asked people what the transport issues were in the area and what they would like to see as part of the scheme, we have considered the feedback that we received and the views of local councillors.

We are proposing a number of measures which are explained on this web page. The vast majority of these measures would be implemented on a permanent basis. Some measures, such as the ‘Point Closures’ and ‘School Streets’ would be implemented on a trial basis.

We want to hear your views on these proposals. The engagement period on the Manningham Safer Neighbourhood Scheme will run from Thursday 8 February until Thursday 7 March 2024 and there are a number of ways you can get involved including filling in our feedback form at the bottom of this page, sending us an email, giving us a call or posting your feedback.

What measures are being proposed?

During the consultation which we ran in late 2022 and early 2023, we received feedback on what residents and businesses would like to see make up the scheme. The following measures are now proposed, based on comments received:

  • New road crossings which make routes to the park and schools safer and easier to use - as people said they had difficulties crossing roads.
  • Speeds bumps and junction changes which will slow traffic down - as the speed of traffic was highlighted as a problem.
  • One-way streets, working in a complementary way, to increase the number of parking spaces on Victor Street and Leamington Street - as parking was highlighted as an issue.

We are also proposing a number of other permanent measures to improve road safety, including:

Permanent Measures

20 mph Zone

A speed limit of 20 mph for all roads in the area from Wilmer Drive to the north, and Oak Lane to the south and from Lister Park to the east and Quarry Street to the west.

You can view a map of this area below:


To view this map as a PDF Click here


Road Crossings

A total of 23 new crossings to make getting around on foot or by cycle safer and easier. These include a mixture of:

  • Informal Crossings – a dropped kerb and tactile paving with a refuge in the middle of the road. There are no traffic lights at these crossings, but they make it easier to cross the road safely.
  • Signal Controlled Crossings (Toucan) – a crossing where the user presses a button and traffic lights bring traffic to a stop.
  • Zebra Crossings – a crossing marked with white lines on the road and yellow flashing lights on the pavement. Pedestrians have priority over cars at these crossings.
  • Parallel Crossings – similar to a zebra crossing, but has a specific lane for cyclists on the crossing as well as pedestrians.

Speed Humps

As speeding vehicles were an issue that was raised during the first consultation, we are proposing speed humps at six new locations to slow traffic down and make the area safer for pedestrians and cyclists.

Junction Treatments

A junction treatment involves narrowing a junction and installing a raised speed bump to slow traffic down when entering or exiting the road. By slowing traffic down when entering or exiting the road that has been treated, we can make crossing the road easier and safer.

Temporary measures

Point Closures

As part of this scheme, we will implement point closures on some roads for a trial period.

A point closure is located at a specific point along a road to stop vehicles travelling the full length of a road to use it as a cut-through the area – effectively turning the road into a cul-de-sac. This reduces vehicle traffic and speeds making the area safer and more pleasant for residents and makes it easier to walk and cycle in the area. Residents and businesses can still access their property in their vehicle from one or both sides of the point closure.

The trial of the point closures will be done using an ‘Experimental Traffic Regulation Order’ (ETRO), which allows the closures to be installed temporarily before a decision is made on whether to install them permanently. The trial would last for a minimum of six months but could be extended further, to a maximum of 18 months, before a decision is made on whether to install them permanently or to remove them.

The point closures will be temporary, and either concrete plant boxes or vehicular deterrent paving, which can be easily adjusted or removed, should the trial be unsuccessful.

Vehicular deterrent paving is a bumpy road surface that discourages private cars from driving over it, but still enables service vehicles, such as emergency service vehicles and refuse lorries, to access the road.

We are proposing that nine point closures in total are trialled across the area.

You can view a map of the proposed measures below:



To view this map as a PDF Click here



School Streets

School Streets are intended to improve the safety of children being dropped off or picked up at school. A School Street is a road outside a school where motorised traffic is temporarily restricted during school drop-off and pick-up times. The restriction applies to school traffic and through-traffic. Outside of these times, the road is accessed by all vehicles as normal.

Residents are allowed access in and out of the road during restricted times with the use of a resident pass they are provided with.

We are currently in the process of speaking to schools in the area to gauge their interest in School Streets.

If any schools decide they would like to trial a School Street, our School Streets team will be in touch with parents and local residents to notify them separately. It will then be up to the individual school whether to keep the School Street beyond a trial.

Active Travel Support

If you would like to walk, use a wheelchair or cycle around the neighbourhood more, we can help. If you live in Manningham or Girlington, and would like to find out what support is available, including low-cost electric-bike hire and training, then please email our Travel Well Team – walk, wheel & cycle – on activetravel@bradford.gov.uk.

Traffic Monitoring

To work out what impacts the scheme might have, monitoring of vehicle speeds and traffic flows in and around the area will be taking place both before and after the scheme is delivered.

Cameras and rubber tubes have recently been laid down in the area to monitor what is happening now, before the scheme is delivered, for a period of three weeks.

Next Steps

The engagement period will run for four weeks, from Thursday 8 February until Thursday 7 March 2024.

After the engagement period has ended, we will review and analyse the feedback we have received and decide if we need to make any changes to the scheme which we are proposing on this website.

Once a decision has been made on whether to implement the scheme as proposed on this website, or with some changes, we will send a letter to the community to let you know what has been decided and the next steps.

As mentioned, the 'Point Closures' will be implemented first for their trial period. The permanent measures will be implemented following this and will be constructed over the course of a year in order to minimise disruption.

Find out more, get in touch, have your say

Fill out the feedback form below, or if you would like to get in touch to ask any questions, or provide feedback in a different way, you can also contact us by phone, by email or in writing.

Call our Freephone information line on: 0808 196 9119

Email us at: manningham@future-bradford.co.uk

Write to us: Freepost BFD Highways.

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