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23 March 2023
Glaitness School Run to Net Zero - Walk to School Week – Monday 20-24 March
Families, bairns and staff from the Glaitness School community will be celebrating the end of the first part of their journey to Net Zero with a “Walk to School Week”.
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13 March 2023
Ebb and Flow hit the road
Orkney Islands Council’s Marine Services and Transportation team have added two compact electric vehicles to their roads fleet.
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7 March 2023
Snow causes travel disruption across Orkney
Partner agencies across Orkney – the Police, NHS Orkney and the Council - are appealing for folk to stay home today if at all possible.
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3 March 2023
Your Orkney Travel Matters Survey has landed!
The Council's joint survey with Sustrans into active travel has gone to the majority of households in Orkney.
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3 March 2023
Ofgem announcement potentially offers ‘green light’ for Orkney’s energy aspirations
Plans for a new electricity transmission link for Orkney have taken a huge step forward this week with industry regulator Ofgem publishing the latest of its minded-to consultations on the…
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24 February 2023
Have you had your say on Orkney Travel Matters?
The Orkney Travel Matters survey has been dropping through letterboxes in the county this week.
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20 February 2023
Keep an eye our for active travel survey
Orkney Islands Council is urging local people to help shape and improve active travel options in their community, by taking part in a new survey launched jointly with Sustrans and being directly…
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10 February 2023
Orkney and Shetland studies win Net Zero Living funding
Orkney and Shetland have been chosen as two of 31 innovation locations in the UK, to conduct three-month feasibility studies examining how to overcome some of the key non-technical barriers that are…
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4 January 2023
Free bus travel reminder for under 22s
Orkney Islands Council is reminding households that all young people aged under 22 can travel on public buses for free in Orkney and right across Scotland.
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28 June 2022
Council trials fully funded late night bus services for Friday and Saturday evenings
New late night bus services leaving Kirkwall and serving East Mainland, West Mainland and Kirkwall & Orphir are being trialled by the Council until March 2023.
