Belleville City Council voted 10-4 this week to give final approval to a plan to build a roundabout at the intersection of South Belt East and Freeburg Avenue, near Walnut Hill Cemetery.
Construction on the nearly $4.73 million project will begin late this year or early next year, according to officials.
The roundabout has been on the city’s drawing board for 15 years. Hurdles ranged from budgetary constraints to changes in state requirements to a contract dispute with a local engineering firm…