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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 19 May 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 12 May 2025.

Drivers are being urged to allow extra time for journeys and drive with care as Orkney Islands Council’s Roads team gears up for the summer road works season – including the annual surface dressing programme.

A summing up of road delays and closures due to road and building/utility works, cruise visits and events - for the week starting Monday 5 May 2025.

Orkney is thought to be one of the first areas in Scotland to designate its roadside verges as conservation assets, cut only once per year to support local wildlife and wildflowers - including the endangered Great Yellow Bumblebee.

Summary of road delays and closures due to works, cruise and events for the week starting 28 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 21 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 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.