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The Orkney Islands Council (Road Maintenance) (Temporary Closure) Order 2025

Date: 27 February 2025

Time: 12:00

Orkney Islands Council has made the above-named Order under section 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to ensure the safety of site personnel and road users while carriageway maintenance works are carried out.

The Order shall be in operation from Tuesday, 1 April 2025 to Wednesday, 31 December 2025, and its effect will be to close the sections of the roads referred to in the Schedule below, when required. Traffic will be subject to delays and to possible speed restrictions of ten, twenty or thirty miles per hour. Traffic signs will be erected to indicate when a road is closed.

Schedule

Parish.

Roads

Birsay.

Brockan Road; Ravie Hill Road; B9056 from Junction of Marwick Road to junction of Skidge Road.

Burray / Holm.

Viewforth Road; A961 St Mary's from eastern 30mph sign to Honeysgeo Road.

Deerness.

Denwick Road; Halley Road

Evie.

A966 between Hillside Road (B9057) and Georth Road.

Harray.

Russland Road.

Holm.

Breckan Brae; Ferryhouse Road; Graeme Park; Graemshall Road; Loch-House Road; Park of Ayre; St. Mary's Road; Station Square; Storehouse Place; Sutherland Drive; West Greaves Road; B9052 from A961 to Moss Road junction.

Kirkwall.

Cromwell Road; High Street; Islands View Road; Main Street; Nicolson Street; Old Scapa Road; Papdale Close; Papdale Crescent; Papdale Drive; Papdale Loan; Papdale Place; Papdale Road; Royal Oak Road; School Place; King Street; Saint Catherine's Place; Wellington Street; West Castle Street.

Orphir.

Gyre Road; Houton Road; Tower Road; Breck Road; Germiston Road from Eastaben Farm to Lower Nisthouse; A964 from Germiston Road junction to Smoogro Road junction.

Rendall.

Gorseness Road; A966 from Hackland Road junction to Hammar Road Junction.

Sandwick.

Bristol Road; Daisybank.

South Ronaldsay.

Braeburn Court; Haybrake Road; Aikers Road; Church Road; Claybraes Road; Doctors Road; Macdonald Park; St. Margaret's Road; Taftingus Place; B9042; B9044.

St Ola.

Mill Park Road; Scott's Road; Grainshore Road; Orquil Road; Quoydandy Branch Road; Work Road; A960 from Lynn Road junction to Heathery Loan junction.

St Ola / Firth.

A965 from Quanterness Farm access to Old Finstown Road Junction.

Stromness.

Cloke Road; Franklin Road; Heatherbraes Road; Nethertown Road; Outertown Road; Pumpwell Park; Springfield Crecent; Wardhill Road.

Stronsay.

Kirbuster Road.

Westray.

Branstane Road.

 

Oliver Reid.

Chief Executive.

Council Offices, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NY.

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