The Orkney Islands Council (Various Streets in Kirkwall) (Prohibition of Driving) Order 2025

Orkney Islands Council proposes to introduce a new Traffic Regulation Order which will prohibit the driving of motor vehicles on the following roads between the hours of 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. daily, and 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. daily:

• Bridge Street, Kirkwall.
• Albert Street, Kirkwall.
• Laing Street, Kirkwall.

The proposed new Traffic Regulation Order will also prohibit driving of motor vehicles on the following roads 24 hours a day, 7 days a week:

• Bridge Street Wynd, Kirkwall.
• St Olaf’s Wynd, Kirkwall.

The proposed Order will revoke various existing Orders specified in the Schedule below.

Details of the proposals are contained in the draft Order which, together with copies of the relative maps, a statement of the Council’s reasons for proposing to make the Order and the Orders specified in the Schedule below may be inspected during normal office hours at Customer Services, Council Offices, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1NY (10:00 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 16:00 Monday to Friday) and at Warehouse Buildings, 2-12 Victoria Street, Stromness, Orkney KW16 3AA (10:00 to12:00 and 14:00 to 16:00 Monday to Friday and 12:00 to 15:00 on Saturdays) and online at www.orkney.gov.uk.

Objections to the proposals, specifying the grounds on which they are made, should be sent in writing to the Director of Neighbourhood Services and Infrastructure, Orkney Islands Council, Council Offices, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1NY or by email to nsi@orkney.gov.uk not later than 5pm on Friday 8 August 2025.

Schedule

• The Orkney Islands Council (Various Streets in Kirkwall) (Prohibition of Driving) No 1 Order 1982 which came into operation on the First day of April Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Two
• The Orkney Islands Council (Laing Street, Kirkwall) (Prohibition of Vehicles) Order 1993 which came into operation on the First day of May Nineteen Hundred and Ninety Three
• The Orkney Islands Council (Albert Street, Kirkwall) (Prohibition of Vehicles) Order 1995 which came into operation on the First day of November Nineteen Hundred and Ninety Five
• The Orkney Islands Council (Albert Street, Kirkwall) (Prohibition of Vehicles) (Amendment) Order 1996 which came into operation on the First day of November Nineteen Hundred and Ninety Six

Oliver Reid

Chief Executive.

Council Offices, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NY.