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Weather disruption roundup - Wednesday 31 January 2024
A roundup of weather-related disruptions for Wednesday 31 January and Thursday 1 February 2024.
31 January 2024
Temporary closure of Great Western Road (South) car park - 31 January to 1 February
Great Western Road (South) car park will close from 6pm tonight (Tuesday 30 January) and possibly into Thursday for maintenance works.
30 January 2024
Orkney Business Forum event
Challenges and opportunities for local business will be in sharp focus at a special forum later this week involving private, public and third sector representatives.
29 January 2024
Consultation launched on local housing strategy
A public consultation has been launched seeking local views on a strategy for housing in Orkney - which aims to see up to 1035 homes being built in Orkney over the next ten years
The strategy has been developed by Orkney's multi-agency Housing Market Partnership and sets out the priorities and actions required locally for housing across three key areas - housing supply, housing quality and access to housing.
28 January 2024
Additional arrangements for waste collections missed due to snow
Advice for residents who didn’t get their waste collected last week (week starting 15 January 2024) due to the ice and snow:
25 January 2024