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I see no reason why the North-South underpass could not continue to exist in its present form, retaining the traffic capacity and keeping the A12 vehicles away from the populated area. However, there's no real need to retain the flyover or the roundabout for the East-West traffic, and it can surely all be replaced with a light controlled junction. As as been mentioned, no cycle traffic is going left or right at this point, so the phasing could favour east-west traffic, and there is enough length to the A12 exit ramps to hold turning traffic up for longer.
I'm not sure if height restrictions would allow, but it would be rather nice if at the same time, the roofing over of the A12 were extended a bit north and south to provide space to build alongside the Bow road and continue the high-street feeling across to the Stratford road, with the resulting change in townscape, and consequential change in driving style, being very apparent to people leaving the A12. This could also potentially provide cycles with uninterrupted east-west lanes over the A12 to the north and south over the top of the A12 exit and entry ramps.