Road works update for week starting Monday 10 October

A reminder our Roads team are out and about carrying out emergency repairs and resurfacing work on the county's roads.

First, a reminder that work on Glaitness Road (Kirkwall) by Scottish Water is ongoing, with traffic currently being controlled by temporary traffic signals.

Emergency works will start on Monday 10 October 2000 on the Harray straits (the A986 near the property of Ben-Earn) to address water on the road between Grimeston Road and Refuge Corner. Traffic will be controlled under temporary traffic signals wile works to replace a suspected collapsed culvert take place. Drivers are asked to please heed any temporary speed signs for the safety of workers exposed to traffic. Works are expected to take around a week to complete, possibly longer. The works will mean slight delays for public bus Service 7 (Birsay-Dounby). Slow signs are in place - motorists are advised to drive carefully and be aware that water on the road may gather quickly in damp weather and even some time after downpours.

Works on the A966 between Norseman Village and Gorseness Road are underway. The works are being carried out under traffic lights – drivers are asked to heed the temporary speed limits. There will be slight delays to public bus Service 6 (Tingwall ferry).

And a reminder work is underway on Manse Road, Deerness on Thursday and Friday this week (6 and 7 October). Watermoss Road and a section of Manse Road will be closed to traffic for the duration of the work on site.

Onto our planned resurfacing programme from Monday 10 October:

The resurfacing work on Cromwell Road at the junctions with Mount Drive and Islands View Road will be carrying on until the end of the day on Thursday 13 October. Cromwell Road will be closed to all traffic, with a signed diversion route in place via St Catherines Place roundabout for light vehicles (all heavy vehicles being diverted via Junction Road and Clay Loan). There will be significant impact on public bus Service 9 (Kirkwall Town service) – the bus will not be able to serve East Road (Orkney College), Work Road, Carness, Islands View Road and Cromwell Road. Instead the bus will divert/continue down Berstane Road, then travel via Queen Street, King Street, School Place, Dundas Crescent, Clay Loan, and Junction Road to rejoin the route at Shore Street. Contact Stagecoach for further assistance on 01856 870 555, download the Stagecoach app, and follow Stagecoach Highland on Twitter @StagecoachHLand

Work on Liddle Road, South Ronaldsay is planned to start work on 10 October 2022 with work currently planned to take four days to complete, again this work will be carried out under road closure conditions with disruptions to affected properties minimised when possible.

Work is planned to start on Kirbist Road and Sandy Road, Westray on 10 October 2022 with both sites expected to take around a week to complete, the work will be carried out under road closure conditions with delays minimised where possible on Kirbist Road and a signed diversion route being in place for the work on Sandy Road.

Looking a bit further ahead:

Work on the B9055 Brodgar Road is scheduled to commence on Friday 14 October 2022 with work planned to take around three weeks to complete. All work on the B9055 will be carried out under road closure conditions and signed diversion routes will be in place for duration. This will impact on the No 8S Quoyloo public bus service. We’ll have more details on diversions shortly.

Work is scheduled to take place on the A965 Finstown at the junction with Heddle Road from Thursday 20 October to Saturday 22 October. During the course of the work traffic will be controlled with temporary traffic signals, with Heddle Road closed at times in order to complete the work in safety. There will be slight delays for public bus services.

Openreach have advised that work to replace a manhole cover on Easdale Loan will start on Tuesday 18 October 2022, with the work expected to take up to three days to complete. In order for the work to be carried out safely, Easdale Loan will be closed for the duration of the work, with a diversion via Holm Road and Bignold Park Road. The No 4 bus service to the Airport will not serve Easdale Loan and will follow the diversion. The Council’s planned works to resurface the junction has been postponed to allow this repair and is still to be reprogrammed – updates will follow in due course.

Work on Linksness Road, Stronsay, is currently planned to start on Monday 24 October 2022 with the work planned to take a week to complete, with the work being carried out under road closure conditions. Given that Linkness Road is a single track road closures will be kept to a minimum.

Work at the junction Lynn Road and Deerness Road is planned to start on 31 October 2022. Traffic will be controlled by temporary traffic signals on Deerness Road and road closures on Lynn Road and Makenzies Drive. There will be slight delays for public bus Service 3 to Deerness.

Work is scheduled to commence on Yinstay Road, Tankerness on 11 November 2022 with the works expected to take 2 to 3 days to complete, with the work carried out under road closure conditions.