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The Orkney Islands Council (Road Operations No2) (Temporary Closure) Order 2026

Date: 11 June 2026

Orkney Islands Council has made the above-named Order under section 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to ensure the safety of site personnel and road users while carriageway maintenance works are carried out.

The Order shall be in operation from Wednesday, 1 July 2026 to Thursday, 31 December 2026, and its effect will be to close the roads specified in the Schedule below, when required. Traffic will be subject to delays and to possible speed restrictions of ten, twenty or thirty miles per hour. Traffic signs will be erected to indicate when a road is closed.

Schedule

Parish.

Road.

Kirkwall.

Annfield Crescent.

St Ola.

Crowness Crescent, Gladiator Road, Grainshore Road, Swordfish Road.

Stromness.

Howe Road, footway between the Stromness Primary School car park and the Scottish Water pumping station.

Westray.

Balaclava Road, Noup Road (B9066 to Lochend Road junction), Sandy Road.

James Wylie.

Deputising Chief Executive.

Council Offices, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NY.

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