Roads update for week starting 06/04/2026

A summary of road delays and closures due to road and building/utility works and events for the week starting Monday 06/04/2026.

An interactive map showing roadworks carried out by the Council is available at www.orkney.gov.uk/roads.

Road works and closures by other bodies are published on the Scottish Road Works Commissioner website.

Road, building and utility works

Ongoing works

A965, Finstown - Works are underway on the A965 between Atlantis Lodges and the Old Finstown Road junction and are expected to be completed by the end of April 2026. Works will take place in sections with temporary traffic lights and speed restrictions in place. This will affect all traffic including public bus services.

A966 between Skiddy Road & Tingwall Junction - Works are underway on road reconstruction with the work expected to take around two months to complete. Works will be carried out under temporary traffic lights and will cause delays to all traffic in the area including the No.6 Tingwall Ferry bus service.

A960, between Groatsetter Road & Churchyard Road, Tankerness - Works have commenced to carry out road reconstruction, with the work expected to take around two weeks to complete. Works will be carried out under temporary traffic lights and will cause delays to all traffic in the area including bus services.

New Scapa Road, Kirkwall - Alfred Flett's have commenced works at the pedestrian crossing on New Scapa Road at Balfour Hospital. Works will be carried out under a give-and-take arrangement and have the potential to cause delays to all traffic using New Scapa Road and Junction Road as works progress. The pedestrian crossing will be closed for the duration of the works, which are expected to be completed by 13/04/2026.

South Ronaldsay (various locations) - Openreach works are ongoing to install ducting and fibreoptic cable in various locations around South Ronaldsay. Works will be carried out under two-way lights and road closures. Access to affected properties will be maintained at all times, however access will be subject to delays.

Coming soon

Old Scapa Road (B0053), St Ola - We will be carrying out works to excavate the sandbanks to widen the road starting Tuesday 07/04/2026, with the work expected to take around one week to complete. Works will be carried out under road closure conditions. The No.9 Town service bus will not operate along Scapa Bay front and will divert via Foreland Road.

A965 Firth, Stenness & Stromness - Openreach are planning to carry out cable laying works on the A965 at Stenness, expected to start the second week of April 2026. Works will be carried out under temporary traffic lights and will cause delays to all traffic using the route including public bus services.

Looking ahead

Church Road, St Margaret's Hope - We are planning to carry out resurfacing works expected to start the third week of April 2026, with the work expected to take around two weeks to complete. Works will be carried out under full road closure conditions and will affect the X1 service bus. During road closure periods the bus will travel in and out of St Margaret's Hope via St Margaret's Road.

Brownstown Road, Stromness - SSEN are planning to start works week beginning Monday 20/04/2026 to lay underground ducting on Brownstown Road, Stromness. Works will be carried out under road closure conditions. Access to properties will be maintained at all times.

Castle Street, Kirkwall - We are planning to carry out surfacing works from Tuesday 05/05/2026, with the work expected to take around two weeks to complete. Works will be carried out under full road closure conditions and will affect public bus services No.4 Kirkwall Airport and No.9 Kirkwall Town Service, and taxis using Castle Street. Further information to follow nearer the time.