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A summing up of road delays and closures due to road and building/utility works, cruise visits and events - for the week starting Monday 14 April 2025. 

A summing up of road delays and closures due to road and building/utility works, cruise visits and events - for the week starting Monday 7 April 2025. 

With the advent of better weather and the potential for folks to be out and about more enjoying the longer nights, the local Road Safety Forum is reminding drivers to go wide and slow when they’re passing horses and their riders.  

A summing up of road delays and closures due to road works, cruise visits and events - for the week starting Monday 31 March 2025. 

A summing up of road delays and closures due to road works, cruise visits and events - for the week starting Monday 24 March 2025. 

A summing up of road delays and closures due to road works underway or soon to start in the county - for the week starting Monday 17 March 2025.

Broad Street will be closed to traffic this Sunday 9 March to enable routine high-level survey work on Kirkwall Town Hall.

A summing up of road delays and closures due to road works underway or soon to start in the county - for the week starting Monday 10 March 2025.

A summing up of road delays and closures due to road works, building and utilities works and events - for the week starting Monday 3 March 2025.

The Council’s Roads team are holding two engagement events to gather feedback from folks with mobility issues on proposed changes to the current ‘Prohibition of Driving’ for Bridge Street and Albert Street.