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15 July 2021
‘Orkney's Community Wind Farm Project – Faray’ Planning Application Documents Submitted
Planning application documents have been submitted by Orkney Islands Council for a six-turbine wind farm development and associated marine infrastructure on Faray in Orkney’s North Isles.
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14 July 2021
Surface dressing update for Thursday 15 July
Following completion of surface dressing road works at Stove Road in Deerness today crews will move to the following roads in Burray tomorrow, Thursday 15 July:
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14 July 2021
Community Benefit Schemes - Spotlight on Evie and Rendall
If you’ve driven past the primary school in Evie recently, you might have spied work going on to install a new community playpark. Designed by landscape architect Sam Green, the park incorporates…
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14 July 2021
Community Benefit Schemes - Spotlight on Sanday
For nearly twenty years, the Spurness wind turbines have been a fixture of the Sanday skyline and in that time have - through a location specific community benefit fund – supported multiple local…
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13 July 2021
Surface dressing update for 14 July 2021
Following completion of surface dressing road works at Manse and Aikerskaill Roads in Deerness today, crews will move to Stove Road, Deerness tomorrow, 14 July. This is a dead end minor road. Works…
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12 July 2021
Surface dressing update for 13 July
Following completion of surface dressing road works at Halley Road in Deerness today, crews will move to two minor roads in the parish tomorrow, Tuesday 13 July:
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12 July 2021
Carness Road closures ahead
Carness Road in Kirkwall will be closed between its junctions with Weyland Bay and Craigiefield roads, from Monday 19 July 2021 to late August, to enable road works required by Phase 1 of the new…
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12 July 2021
Submissions invited for George Mackay Brown Public Art project
Orkney Islands Council is calling for submissions from artists and writers with proposals for a public art installation to mark the centenary this year of the birth of one of Orkney’s most prominent…
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12 July 2021
Overnight disruption to EV charging points 26-27 July
Electric vehicle (EV) owners are reminded that charge points across Scotland will be unavailable overnight between 10pm on Monday 26 July and 5am on Tuesday 27 July while the ChargePlace Scotland…
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10 July 2021
Freedom parade for Royal Navy divers
The Royal Navy’s bomb disposal experts in Scotland have exercised their Freedom of Orkney by marching through the streets of Kirkwall.
