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Surface dressing work in Hoy has been completed today (Thursday 19 July).

The multi-agency Orkney Local Emergency Co-ordinating Group (OLECG) met today (Thursday 19 July) in response to the grounding of the freight vessel MV Priscilla on a skerry in the Pentland Firth.

Surface dressing is due to take place on Thursday and Friday this week (19 and 20 July) on a section of the B9047 (the main Moaness - Lyness - Longhope road) from the Hoy Hotel to just past the School (Hoy and North Walls Community School).

Surface dressing is set to continue tomorrow (Wednesday 18 July) on the B9047 (the main Moaness - Lyness - Longhope road) on a 1km section either side of Lyrawa Bay in North Hoy.

Surface dressing will take place in Hoy this week, with full road closures in place while work is carried out. 

Local emergency services are assisting this years' campaign urging local people to get their children's car seats checked in light of startling national and local statistics. 

No surface dressing is planned for Friday or Monday (13 and 16 July).

The Council is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced consultant to assess the impact of a major redevelopment of the Scapa Flow Museum at Lyness in Hoy.

Surface dressing is planned for tomorrow (Thursday 12 July) on the B9067 (the Pierowall to Kirbest road) between Gairy and the junction at Tufter (known locally as ‘Tifter’).

Surface dressing will start in Westray tomorrow, Wednesday 11 July, on the main Pierowall to Rapness road.