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Roadworks summary – from 29 July 2024

Date: 26 July 2024

Time: 02:00

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Roadworks, closures and delays 

 

Surface Dressing  

  

Preparatory works are ongoing on our surface dressing sites and we are updating daily on social media. 

  

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 ongoing) 

Netherbrough Road  

Harray - A986 to Russland Road (Surfacing dressing complete, sweeping and line markings ongoing) 

Hundland Road 

Birsay - Wattle Road to Nisthouse Road (Surfacing dressing complete, sweeping and line markings ongoing) 

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 ongoing) 

A967 

Sandwick - Newton to Quoyloo Road (Surfacing dressing complete, sweeping and line markings ongoing) 

Brodgar Road  

Sandwick - A967 to Buchan Cottage (Surfacing dressing complete, sweeping and line markings ongoing) 

Garson Road 

Stromness - Cairston Road to Hamnavoe (Surfacing dressing complete, sweeping and line markings ongoing) 

Germiston Road 

Orphir - Scows Road to Burnlea (Surfacing dressing complete, sweeping and line markings ongoing) 

East Road  

Kirkwall - St Catherines Pl to Weyland Farm (Surfacing dressing complete, sweeping and line markings ongoing) 

Marwick/Mooney Drive  

Kirkwall - Helliar to Road End and full extent of Mooney Drive (Surfacing dressing complete, sweeping and line markings ongoing) 

Wed 24/07/24 

Fri 26/07/24 

Foreland Road 

Kirkwall - Roundabout to Old Scapa Road 

29/07/24 

29/07/24 

Shore Road 

St Andrews - Groatsetter Road to Tankerness Hall Road 

01/08/24 

02/08/24 

A961 

South Ron - Sandwick Junction to Barswick 

09/08/24 

14/08/24 

  

Surfacing & Haunch Reconstruction  

  

Following the completion of the surface dressing works we will be moving onto our surfacing and haunch reconstruction works. Further information on these works will be provided in due course. 

  

Ayre Road, Kirkwall 

TBC 

TBC 

Marwick Drive 

TBC 

TBC 

Back Road, St Margarets Hope 

TBC 

TBC 

A961 Burray 

TBC 

TBC 

A961 Lamb Holm 

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 until 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. This will have an effect on the No3 bus service (DeernessTankerness) and general traffic in the area of the works.  

  

There will also be work taking place on the Groatsetter Road which is likely to cause some delays to traffic over the next couple of weeks. 

  

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

Cruise-related closures 

One anticipated closure next week on Friday 2 August (Bridge St and Albert St). 

 

 

 

 

 

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