The Orkney Islands Council (Variable 20 mph Speed Limit) (Island Schools) Order 2023

Orkney Islands Council proposes to make an Order under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 which will create a variable twenty miles per hour speed limit on sections of the following roads outside of the island schools:

• B9063, Eday for a distance of 357m.
• B9046, Flotta for a distance of 253m.
• Howar Road, North Ronaldsay for a distance of 433m.
• B9047, North Walls for a distance of 420m.
• School Road, Papa Westray for a distance of 362m.
• B9064, Rousay for a distance of 400m.
• Airfield Road, Sanday for a distance of 317m and School Road, Sanday for a distance of 172m.
• B9059, Shapinsay for a distance of 346m.
• B9060, Stronsay for a distance of 305m.
• B9066, Westray for a distance of 300m and Noup Road, Westray for a distance of 210m.

The proposed Order will supersede various existing Orders specified in the Schedule below where its provisions conflict with the other existing Orders.

Details of the proposals are contained in the draft Order which, together with copies of the relative maps, a statement of the Council’s reasons for proposing to make the Order and the Orders specified in the Schedule below may be inspected during normal office hours at Customer Services, Council Offices, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1NY (10:00 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 16:00 Monday to Friday) and at Warehouse Buildings, 2-12 Victoria Street, Stromness, Orkney KW16 3AA (10:00 to12:00 and 14:00 to 16:00 Monday to Friday and 12:00 to 15:00 on Saturdays) and online at www.orkney.gov.uk.

Objections to the proposals, specifying the grounds on which they are made, should be sent in writing to the Director of Neighbourhood Services and Infrastructure, Orkney Islands Council, Council Offices, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1NY or by email to developmentandinfrastructure@orkney.gov.uk not later than 5pm on Friday 26 May 2023.

Schedule

1. The Orkney Islands Council (40mph Speed Limit) (Various Schools in Orkney) Order 2011 which came into operation on the Eighteenth day of July Two Thousand and Eleven
2. The Orkney Islands Council (Restricted Roads) (Pierowall, Westray) Order 2003 which came into operation on the First day of July Two Thousand and Three
3. The Orkney Islands Council (Restricted Roads) (Balfour Village, Shapinsay) Order 1998 which came into operation on the First day of September Nineteen Hundred and Ninety Eight

Oliver Reid.

Chief Executive.

Council Offices, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NY.

20 April 2023.