Road Closures and Weekly Road Works Report

General defects such as resetting of loose slabs and kerbs, clearing of footpaths, cold tar patching, etc. are being undertaken in various areas throughout Lerwick, Scalloway and surrounding areas. Mobile works..

Works to install cat’s eyes over a section of the A970 at Maryland and Gusselton that were surface dressed started on Monday 14 September and are expected to be completed by Tuesday 22 September. Traffic lights will be in operation throughout the working day. Any queries regarding these works please contact Grant Anderson (744171)

Works to install cat’s eyes over a section of the A970 at Da Moull that was surface dressed are scheduled to start on Monday 14 September and are expected to be completed by Wednesday 23 September. Traffic lights will be in operation throughout the working day. Any queries regarding these works please contact Grant Anderson (744171)

Works to clean gullies and cattle grids with a hired vacuum tanker are now underway and will be in operation throughout Shetland over the next few months operating under mobile works. Any queries regarding these works please contact Grant Anderson (744171)

Shetland Islands Council’s Roads Service have begun resurfacing an 800-metre stretch of road north of Lerwick, near the junction of Ladies Drive with the A970 main road. Resurfacing work is needed as the surface on sections of this road is worn, including part of the three-lane carriageway north of Gremista. The road surface will be planed back and replaced with a bitumen sub-base and new top wearing surface, plus new cat’s eyes reflectors and relining. Weather permitting, the work have started and may last up to six weeks. Traffic lights will be in operation on this stretch of road, with a three-way set of lights at the Ladies Drive junction. At peak hours, traffic lights will be manually operated, and some delays may be expected. Separately, there will also be some blasting operations nearby, over roughly the same period until 31st October. These are related to a consented windfarm development at Mossy Hill. Blasting will take place during the early evenings between 6pm and 7pm, when traffic volumes are lower. There will be an exclusion zone around the blast site, for a period of around 15-minutes each time. Warning signals will be given ahead of each blast, which will trigger a full three-way road closure in place for all traffic approaching or leaving Lerwick on the A970, and on Ladies Drive.

Ditching work has started on the Aywick loop with works expected to be complete by Friday 25th September. Short delays can be expected. Any queries regarding these works please contact John Duncan (744105) Mid

General verge maintenance and cold tar patching works are due to start on Wednesday 2nd September with works expected to take 1 week to complete. Short delays can be expected. Any queries regarding these works please contact John Duncan (744105) BT