Roads update for week starting 25/05/2026

Roads update for week starting 25/05/2026. A summary of road delays and closures due to road and building/utility works and events for the week starting Monday 25/05/2026. 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

Brownstown Road, Stromness - Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) have reopened Brownstown Road, Stromness, however some works are continuing with basic traffic management in place which may cause delays to traffic in the area.

Germiston Road, Stenness - SSEN will be carrying out work in the vicinity of the Heddle Road junction to facilitate the delivery and installation of new cables. The majority of the work will be carried out outwith the boundary of the public road but may have a limited impact on traffic using the road.

Surface dressing

All surface dressing works will be carried out under road closure conditions with diversion routes being provided where possible, with roads being reopened to traffic overnight.

Access to affected properties will be maintained at the discretion of site staff where possible, however delays are inevitable. School transport will be accommodated and managed through all sites, but access is highly likely to be subject to delays.

• Tankerness Hall Road (Shore Road to Yinstay Road) - 25/05/2026 to 29/05/2026
• Yinstay Road (Tankerness Hall Road to Redbanks Farm) - 29/05/2026 to 03/06/2026
• Cornquoy Road (Tieve Road to Benshall Road) - 02/06/2026 to 03/06/2026
• Grimness Road (B9044) (Hottit to Haybrake Road) - 04/06/2026 to 08/06/2026
• A961 (Wilderness Junction to St Mary's Village) - 09/06/2026 to 12/06/2026. The X1 will follow a diversion route via A960 (airport road) and B9052 past St Andrews Primary School during this closure.
• A966 (A965 Junction to Norseman Village) - 15/06/2026 to 23/06/2026. The No.6 Tingwall service may experience delays on the inbound journey.
• Hundland Road (A986 Junction to Durkadale Road) - 24/06/2026 to 25/06/2026
• Hillside Road (B9057) (Gueth Road to 700 metres east of Overbist) - 26/06/2026 to 01/07/2026

Looking ahead

Holm Road, Kirkwall (A961) - We are planning to carry out resurfacing and localised reconstruction on Holm Road in the vicinity of Highland Park Distillery during mid to late June 2026. Works will be carried out predominantly under temporary traffic signals, with some short-duration closures of Holm Road. The works will also include some longer closures of Rosebank to enable the new road surface to be laid. All traffic using the road will be affected, including the X1 Stromness to St Margaret's Hope bus service.

Further information on our planned works including extents of the sites can be found using the link below.

www.orkney.gov.uk/roadworks