Roadworks update for the week beginning 22 July 2024

A summing up of road works underway or soon to start in the county - for the week starting Monday 22 July 2024. 

 

Surface Dressing 2024 

  

Preparatory works are ongoing on our surface dressing sites for this year, with much of the works being carried out on the quieter roads under short duration road closures. Further information will be provided on the proposed traffic management for the busier roads in due course.  

  

The surface dressing works are underway, the approximate site locations are as noted below. All works will be carried out under road closure conditions, with diversion routes being in place for affected traffic. 

  

Stoneyhill Road	Harray – Full extent  (Surfacing dressing complete, sweeping and line markings on going)
Netherbrough Road	Harray - A986 to Russland Road (Surfacing dressing complete, sweeping and line markings on going)
Hundland Road	Birsay - Wattle Road to Nisthouse Road (Surfacing dressing complete, sweeping and line markings on going)
A966	Birsay - The Palace to cross roads (Surfacing dressing complete, sweeping and line markings on going)
Swartland Road	Sandwick - Warth Road to Newbigging (Surfacing dressing complete, sweeping and line markings on going)
A967	Sandwick - Newton to Quoyloo Road (Surfacing dressing complete, sweeping and line markings on going)
Brodgar Road	Sandwick - A967 to Buchan Cottage (Surfacing dressing complete, sweeping and line markings on going)
Garson Road	Stromness - Cairston Road to Hamnavoe	Sun 21/07/24	Sun 21/07/24
Germiston Road	Orphir - Scows Road to Burnlea (Surfacing dressing complete, sweeping and line markings on going)
East Road	Kirkwall - St Catherines Pl to Weyland Farm	Mon 22/07/24	Tue 23/07/24
Marwick/Mooney Drive	Kirkwall - Helliar to Road End and full extent of Mooney Drive	Wed 24/07/24	Fri 26/07/24
Foreland Road	Kirkwall - Roundabout to Old Scapa Road	TBC	TBC
Shore Road	St Andrews - Groatsetter Road to Tankerness Hall Road	TBC	TBC
A961	South Ron - Sandwick Junction to Barswick	TBC	TBC

  

  

Holm Road (A961), Kirkwall 

  

To enable maintenance works to be carried out to the Mash House at the Highland Park Distillery there will be multiple short duration road closures from 15 April 2024 to early November 2024. The current plan is that the closures will be up to a maximum duration of 20 minutes with the closures being carried out at times to try and avoid ferry traffic, commuter traffic and bus services. 

  

A960, St Andrews & Toab  

  

Scottish Water works are ongoing with the possibility that there may be the need to use temporary traffic lights on the A960 between the Groatsetter Road and the Stembister Road during the next few weeks as work progresses, which will have an effect on the No3 bus service (Deerness – Tankerness) and general traffic in the area of the works.  

  

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

 

Cruise-related closures 

 

There is a planned closure of Bridge Street and Albert Street on Wednesday 24 July, and from 1pm on Thursday 25 July (due to the later arrival of a ship).