Shetland Islands Council’s Roads Service will be carrying out fibre ducting works over the East Isle bridge in Burra for BT Openreach from Monday 6th July.
These works will involve cutting a shallow, narrow trench up the centre of the bridge to lay the ducts in and will require the bridge to be closed when works are underway.
When cars are queuing to cross the bridge, work will stop periodically to let cars cross, before resuming and closing the bridge again. This will result in unavoidable delays to traffic and anyone needing to cross the bridge should allow up to 20 minutes extra travelling time. Traffic will be managed to minimise delays until the work is completed, which may take up to three days.
The bridge will be open to traffic after 3.30pm and overnight, until 9am the next morning.
Shetland Islands Council apologises for any inconvenience caused by these essential works.