A package of measures designed to ease congestion on the Aire Valley's traffic-clogged roads is set to go to public consultation.

Longer-term proposals contained in the plan include the long-touted Keighley Eastern Relief Road and the conversion of Hard Ings Road into a dual carriageway.

Other measures relate to the Shipley-Bradford transport corridor and Saltaire. Bradford Council's executive will consider the package when it meets on Tuesday .

And it will be asked to gauge public opinion through an article in the council's Community Pride magazine, due to be distributed in early March.

The views of interested public bodies and commercial organisations will be sought at the same time.

The council has just weeks left to submit a bid to the Regional Transport Board for an initial £10 million to help pave the way for the first phases of the scheme.

Councillor Anne Hawkesworth, the council's executive member for environment and culture, said: "This is a huge priority for us as the Airedale corridor is a principal location for regeneration, housing and jobs.

"This package of transport improvements is vital to creating and unlocking substantial opportunities for the area."

John Blackburn, the council's assistant director for transportation and highways, said: "Due to slippage in other schemes in the region, transport funding has become available.

"In terms of Bradford's long-term growth and regeneration, we are saying that we should be allocated part of that."

A report on Keighley town centre transport issues and possible solutions, which could be funded through the Local Transport Plan, is due to be considered by Keighley Area Committee later this year.