Editing Saltaire (section)

== Proposed bypass ==
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Saltaire is surrounded by a [[buffer zone]] established to protect the context of the World Heritage Site.<ref>{{cite web |title=NOMINATION OF SALTAIRE VILLAGE FOR INCLUSION IN THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST |url=https://whc.unesco.org/uploads/nominations/1028.pdf |website=whc.unesco.org |access-date=11 June 2023 |page=14}}</ref> Concerns have been raised over plans announced{{when|date=September 2024}} by Bradford Council and Action Airedale to site a [[bypass (road)|bypass]] through the buffer zone to either side of the World Heritage Site and to tunnel beneath the village.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130722194320/http://www.saltairevillage.info/Protect_Saltaire_0002_Facts_on_the_proposed_bypass.html Facts on the proposed bypass]. Saltaire Village</ref> Within sight of the mill, the tunnel would follow the line of the railway and exit behind the United Reformed Church.<ref>[https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=116169194717293747992.00000112bde3ce150dea8&t=h&om=1&ll=53.838146,-1.78957&spn=0.032008,0.080338&z=14 Google Maps] with proposed tunnel and protected areas.</ref> As it would pass alongside the [[Leeds and Liverpool Canal]], it could impact on this Conservation Area. The route would impact on an ancient semi-natural woodland and the Woodland Garden of Remembrance at Nab Wood Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sweeble.com/story/view/1530|title=Saltaire World Heritage Site in Danger|publisher=Sweeble|date=20 June 2007|access-date=31 July 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630083516/http://www.sweeble.com/story/view/1530|archive-date=30 June 2007}}</ref>

No progress on a bypass for Saltaire has been made as it has been described as "financially unviable". Instead Bradford Council are{{when|date=September 2024}} focussing on the Shipley Eastern Relief Road, which will feed traffic into Bradford along the existing Canal Road Corridor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Phase 1: Bradford Shipley Route Improvement Scheme |url=https://www.yourvoice.westyorks-ca.gov.uk/bradfordshipley1 |website=yourvoice.westyorks-ca.gov.uk |access-date=11 June 2023 |quote=What happened to canal extension along aire vally{{sic}} from shipley{{sic}} also what happened to tunnel under shipley? a dual carriage way along the shipley to bradford route ie airevally{{sic}} is the only way. Steve w asked  over 4 years ago – The proposed plan to Tunnel under Shipley is now several decades old and was not financially viable. Extending the Canal is not part of this scheme.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Government supports study into potential of new Yorkshire bypass |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-supports-study-into-potential-of-new-yorkshire-bypass |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=GOV.UK |date=7 September 2018}}</ref>