Road closures and delays coming up - weekly update for 4 September

A summing up of road closures and delays underway or soon to start in the county due to road works, events and cruise - for the week starting Monday 4 September 2023.

Road works summary

A965, Finstown 

Resurfacing work on the A965 in Finstown (between the junction with Heddle Road and Baikie’s Stores) are ongoing on Phase 3 of the works (from the Finstown Post Office to Grandon Road) with works expected to finish mid-September. As with the previous phases of the works temporary traffic lights are being used again to control traffic past the site, which will inevitably cause delays to traffic in the area. As a result of the current site set up the junction with the A965 and Grandon Road is closed to traffic, with only access to E Fraser Electrical being maintained, all other traffic and property access will be via a diversion route using the A966 and Holland Road.

Residents within the signed traffic management area and Grandon Road should present their bins as normal for collection.

Inganess Road, Kirkwall

Streetlighting and footway resurfacing works on Inganess Road are ongoing. The works are currently at the junction of Berstane Loan and Inganess Road, with traffic being controlled by temporary traffic signals. The work is likely to cause some delays to the No 9 Kirkwall Town bus service.

A966 Evie, near Evie Telephone Exchange

OIC will be carrying out some drainage investigation works during the course of the week, with the works being carried out under temporary traffic signals which will cause some minor delays to traffic in the area.

A960 (Deerness Road) from Kirkwall 40mph signs to Heathery Loan

Carriageway edge strengthening works are due to start on 7 September 2023 and expected to take around three weeks to complete. The work will be carried out under temporary traffic signals with the closure of Quoydandy Branch Road to try and reduce traffic delays on the A960. The work is likely to cause some delays to the No 3 (Deerness) and No 4 (Airport) bus services.

Kirbister Road, Stromness

Openreach works on Kirbister Road, Stromness are ongoing until 19 September. In order to carry out the works safely the road will be closed.

A960, St Andrews

Scottish Water works on the A960 St Andrews from Churchyard Road to Sebay Mill are ongoing. Currently work is being carried out in under temporary traffic lights which will result in delays to traffic in the area including the No 3 Deerness bus service.

Looking Ahead:

• 
  A960 Airport Emergency Access to Tankerness Hall Road 27 September 2023 to 18 October 2023. Repair and strengthening works to some edge of carriageway areas.
• A960 Tankerness Hall Road to Groatsetter Road 18 October 2023 to 25 October 2023. Repair and strengthening works to some edge of carriageway areas.

Looking further ahead:

• A961 Burray Village (carriageway reconstruction) - to be programmed
• A964 bends at Scapa Distillery and Smoogro Road to Orphir Village (carriageway reconstruction) - to be programmed
• 965 B9055 (Brodger Road) to Stenness Village (carriageway reconstruction) - to be programmed
• A966 Gorseness Road (Tingwall end) to Woodwick Road (areas of reconstruction) - to be programmed

For more information on roadworks in Orkney please visit www.orkney.gov.uk/roadworks

Cruise-related road closures:

There are no planned cruise liner related road closures for this week.

Events-related road closures

Saturday (9 September) will see closures in central Kirkwall, for pipe band parades and the Orkney International Science Festival. The following roads will be closed between the hours of 12:15pm to 5pm, and again from 6pm to 8:30pm:

• Albert Street from Laing Street to Broad Street
• Broad Street from Albert Street to Palace Road
• Broad Street car park
• Castle Street from car park exit to Broad Street