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5 October 2021
Autonomous vehicles information session in Stromness
An information session is due to take place at the Orkney Research and Innovation Campus in Stromness next week (Thursday 14 October)for local people to find out more about a pilot project exploring…
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5 October 2021
Disruption to Electrical Vehicle charging network
The ChargePlace Scotland network for electric vehicle (EV) charging is currently experiencing technical issues affecting many chargers.
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4 October 2021
COP in the community – join the fight against climate change
Orkney Islands Council is to host a series of online discussion groups in the first week of COP26 – aimed at bringing the community together to lead the fight against climate change.
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1 October 2021
Orkney’s 2021 cruise season comes to an end
Orkney’s “mini” cruise season of 2021 has come to a successful conclusion.
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28 September 2021
Autumn roadworks and road closures
Orkney Islands Council will be carrying out road patching and resurfacing works across Orkney over coming months.
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23 September 2021
Reassurances given that COVID cruise protocols are working well
The Council confirmed that there were a small number of positive cases of COVID-19 on board two cruise liners visiting Kirkwall on Monday 20 September.
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22 September 2021
Temporary changes for Graemsay/North Hoy ferry service
Due to operational issues outwith our control, there will be some temporary changes to the Graemsay/North Hoy ferry route from Wednesday 22 September.
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20 September 2021
Orkney to pilot self-driving vehicles
Orkney is to play an important role in a pilot project exploring the use of autonomous - or self-driving - vehicles (AVs).
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13 September 2021
Test for flood defences planned
The pre-winter deployment of coastal flood protection systems in Kirkwall, St Margaret’s Hope and Holm will be carried out during an exercise next week (16 and 17 September).
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8 September 2021
Review of Orkney Inter Island Ferry Fare Structure
Folk in Orkney are being asked to feedback into a survey on the revised Orkney Ferries fare structure which has been in place now for nearly three months.
