A £3 million project to alter the road between Kirkwall and Holm has been delayed, apparently due to a lack of funding. Plans to realign a section of the A961 have previously been described as a “precursor” to a new port in Scapa Flow. It was in May, 2023, that Orkney islands councillors granted planning permission for the authority’s effort to move an 850-metre stretch of the tarmac. But with no port in sight, the timeline for the major road wo…
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