News - Transport
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4 November 2021
Update on road resurfacing works and closures – including bus services impacted
Orkney Islands Council is reminding motorists they will be carrying out road patching and resurfacing works across Orkney over coming months.
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27 October 2021
Orkney Matters – Your Place, Your Future
Calling all Orkney residents – do you want to be involved in shaping your community’s future?
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25 October 2021
OIC welcomes suspension of industrial action over HIAL proposals
Orkney Islands Council has welcomed news HIAL and the Prospect workers union have established a ‘mutually agreeable approach for the modernisation of air traffic services at HIAL’s airports’, with…
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22 October 2021
Stromness street repairs update
Flagstone repairs are due to be carried out in Stromness over the coming months, starting on Monday 25 October through to mid-March 2022, with a suspension during the Christmas period.
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21 October 2021
Earl Sigurd crew thanked for attending to poorly passenger
The master and crew of the Earl Sigurd ferry have been praised for their quick thinking in attending to a poorly passenger on board.
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21 October 2021
OLECG meets to ensure Orkney is winter ready
The drop in temperatures has reminded us that winter is on the way and in preparation the Orkney Local Emergency Co-ordinating Group (OLECG) has met to ensure partners are winter ready.
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20 October 2021
Packed programme of events for 2021 Orkney Tourism Summit
Eco-travel, sustainable tourism, and cruise liner strategy are just some of the topics up for discussion at this year’s Orkney Tourism Summit, which gets underway next month.
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19 October 2021
Nordic Sea North o’ the Galt plans moving closer
Plans to get the Nordic Sea into service on the Papay to Westray route are moving closer.
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19 October 2021
First stop for new buses in Orkney
The first four brand new buses arrived in Orkney on Friday 15 October 2021.
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18 October 2021
Update on Ayre Mills roundabout road works - 18 October
Unfortunately, weather-related delays has meant that phase two of the resurfacing works on Ayre Mills roundabout only got underway this morning (Monday 18 October).
