A cycling pressure group has welcomed new infrastructure at the remodelled Birchanger/A120 junction which will offer riders a more direct route from Bishop’s Stortford to Stansted Airport. But Cycling Stortford says the Essex County Council scheme represents a lost opportunity for neighbouring county council Hertfordshire, which it says has missed out on “some joined up thinking”. The long-running project to upgrade the intersection and junction 8 of the M11 being carried out by contractors John Sisk & Son has been beset with delays and has caused huge disruption in and around Bishop’s Stortfo…