I took a look at Google's latest images. I have highlighted two parts of your text - we seem to agree on the first highlight because it avoided the second highlight.Yes it’s all been remarked out fairly recently (within the last few months). No issues negotiating it before that, now I find it sufficiently problematic that I will try and find a route which avoids it. The basic problem is the lane markings are different to where people seem to naturally drive, which means people cross lanes when they’re not meant to.
Trouble is, no matter how hatefull it is to negotiate, so long as traffic flow is improved, and no serious accidents occur, it will be deemed a success.