The Orkney Islands Council (Variable 20 mph Speed Limit and 30 mph Speed Limit Extension) (Finstown) Order 2023

On 30 January 2024, Orkney Islands Council made the above-named order under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.

The effect of the order, which comes into operation on 18 March 2024, will be to create a variable twenty miles per hour speed limit and extend the existing thirty miles per hour speed limit on sections of the following roads in Finstown:

Variable Twenty Miles Per Hour Limit.

• A965 east from its junction with A966 to the war memorial.
• A965 west from its junction with A966 to 5m west of the Grandon Road junction.
• A966 from its junction with A965 to the property named Govilon.

Extension to Existing Thirty Miles Per Hour Limit.

• C1, Old Finstown Road, Finstown from the current thirty miles per hour speed limit at the northwestmost corner of the property named Avallon to a point five metres southeast of the entrance to the property named Lindean.
• A965, Finstown from the current thirty miles per hour speed limit, forty six metres southeast of the southeastmost corner of the property named The Boathouse to a point twenty three metres east of the eastern entrance of the property named Atlantis Lodges.
• A966, Finstown from the current thirty miles per hour speed limit, nine metres northeast of the telephone exchange to five metres northeast of the access to the property named Heddon.

A copy of the Order may be inspected online at www.orkney.gov.uk. and at the locations below during the following times:

1. Customer Services, Council Offices, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1NY:

Monday to Tuesday 09.00 to 17.00, Wednesday 10.00 to 17.00 and Thursday to Friday 09.00 to 17.00

2. Warehouse Buildings, 2-12 Victoria Street, Stromness, Orkney KW16 3AA:

Monday 09.15 to 17.45, Tuesday to Friday 09.15 to 16.45 and Saturday 11.00 to 15.45