THE COUNCIL has warned one of the route options for the A120 could have a significant impact on villages in the district.

Highways engineers Ringway Jacobs has given updates on proposals to upgrade the A120.

Braintree Council said in a report: “While all options will have varying impacts on communities, Option A will have a significant effect on the larger villages of Stisted, as well as having the potential to bring more noise, pollution and visual impacts to Coggeshall.”

Option A starts west of Galleys Corner in Braintree and bypasses Bradwell to the north.

East of Coggeshall, it leaves the A120, heading south east where it joins the A12 at a new junction between Kelvedon and Marks Tey.

There are five options being looked at for the upgrading of the A120, and Essex County Council said the proposals would stop regular bottlenecks getting worse.

The A120 consultation has closed and responses will be compiled into a consultation report.

Essex County Council will then make a recommendation to the Secretary of State.