Kirkwall driving ban thrown out by councillors

Kirkwall driving ban thrown out by councillors

Proposals to ban motor vehicles from a large swathe of Kirkwall’s town centre have been ditched. The decision was made unanimously by Orkney Islands Council’s development and infrastructure committee, this Tuesday. Officers recommended a traffic order which would have tightened existing restrictions on Albert Street, and extended these to Bridge Street. Adjoining roads — Laing Street, St Olaf’s Wynd and Bridge Street Wynd — would also have come …