Drivers exasperated by queues and near-misses at Portishead’s notorious Cabstand junction will soon be asked for their opinion on planned changes to the road layout.

As a result of money given to North Somerset Council by Sainsbury’s, as part of a planning agreement drawn up for the town’s new supermarket, the authority has allocated more than £222,000 to make improvements at the junction where Cabstand meets Station Road.

Currently drivers have to make their own minds up about who has right of way in the area which was once controlled by traffic lights. But council highway experts are now compiling plans to implement a give way system and also make the existing speed bumps longer to help slow traffic down.

A six-week consultation on the package of measures will be held ‘later this spring’ according to a council spokesman, with a trial which is set to start in the summer.

Cabstand has long been a bone of contention for Portishead drivers who had to battle long queues created by a set of £800,000 traffic lights which were installed in 2004 and removed again in 2009.

Since then, it has been a confusing junction to navigate, especially since the removal of a give way sign, with many accidents and near-misses occurring at the spot.

From the pot of money given to North Somerset Council by Sainsbury’s, the authority also allocated £55,000 toward the cost of a new bus link which now goes to the Serbert Way supermarket.

There are also plans to spend £38,000 on either footpath upgrades or other bus services to improve access to the town centre, £127,000 on improved public parking facilities in and near the High Street, £11,000 on town centre signs, £8,000 for a new crossing in Wyndham Way and £10,000 on Wyndham Way landscaping among a number of other projects.

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