Long-awaited improvements to a poorly designed roundabout are finally set to go ahead more than two years after the plans were made.

The road markings, signs and cyclepaths at the A120 Marks Farm roundabout had been due to be changed in spring last year after the Highways Agency made the plans in September 2012.

Work began on the roundabout in October 2011 and was funded by Tesco as part of a Section 106 agreement to allow it to extend its store next to the roundabout.

But less than 12 months later, the Highways Agency said the roundabout must be changed again due to safety concerns and traffic jams on the A131 approach, and began looking at other designs.

It carried out a traffic survey to better assess the junction and ensure the second scheme, costing £75,000, does not have further “unforeseen” impacts.

See this week's Braintree and Witham Times for the full story.