roads – The Orkney News

King St Kirkwall Closed From Monday

King Street will be closed to traffic from 08:00 on Monday 9 December to 12:00 on Wednesday 11 December.

Orkney Islands Council is advising that Palace Road and Tankerness Lane in Kirkwall will be open to traffic again from Monday 2nd December.

Alfred Street in Stromness will be closed to traffic from Monday 4 November for around five weeks to allow drainage work to take place.

Road maintenance work is planned for Stromness this week.

The road closure will come into effect during the week beginning Monday October 28.

Orkney Islands Council will be carrying out flagstone replacement works in Dundas Street, Stromness.

Roads in central Stromness will be closed for periods of time this week to enable Orkney Islands Council to carry out flagstone repairs.

The Yellow Warning for Snow and Ice will continue for Orkney until late on Monday night.

“we used to drive on the left of the road, but now we have to drive on what’s left of the road”.

Work is due to start on Monday 15 January and is expected to take around three weeks to complete.