Author: Susan McGrath
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School Update
Forecasts for Friday 19th January remain too unpredictable at this time to make early decisions about school closures. Officers will assess conditions in the morning and will decide on closures as early as possible, being mindful of early departure times for some pupils. Please monitor social media and communications in the morning for the latest…
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Eishken Road – Partially Blocked
The Eishken Road is partially blocked, approximately 5 – 6 miles from the A859, as a gritter has to be recovered. The road is still passable with a 4×4 vehicle. It is hoped the gritter will be recovered by tomorrow morning. Any updates on this situation will be provided once they are available.
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Bus Services – 18 January 2024
Due to continued adverse weather conditions, bus services across the Western Isles are disrupted or cancelled. Could all intending passengers please note the following update to bus services: W1 Ness – normal service. W2 Westside – service to resume at 13:05 Stornoway to Carloway and 13:45 Stornoway to Shawbost. W3 – Normal service from 12:30.…
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Sports Centre Closures – 18 January 2024
As a result of today’s adverse weather conditions and school closures, the Sports Centres in Harris, Liniclate and Castlebay are all closed today. The Lewis Sports Centre is open this morning but will close at 1pm. This means that all classes, swimming lessons, sports activities and clubs will be cancelled this evening Lionel Pool is also…
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Bin Collections
All bin collections are continuing as scheduled. For any missed collections today (18 January 2023) due to the conditions, if they are not able to get these done tomorrow for any reason, they will be carried out on Saturday.
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ISL Closing at 1pm – 18 January
As a result of the adverse weather conditions and school closures the Sports Centre will be closing at 1pm today. We have enough leisure attendants on site this morning for the swimming pool and health suite to reopen so both of these facilities are now available until 1pm. There will be a lane swim…
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School Closures – Thursday 18 January
Due to adverse weather conditions all schools in the Western Isles are closed to pupils and staff.
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Restricted Vehicle Booking System
From Tuesday 23rd January 2024, restricted vehicle users looking to access the Household Waste Recycling Centres at Creed Park, Stornoway or Rueval, Benbecula must have a valid booking in place. This booking system was in use prior to last year’s cyber-attack and proved successful in controlling the flow of traffic, reducing waiting times for service users,…
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NTM 004 – Spiorad na Mara Windfarm/Floating LiDAR and Wave Buoy update
Metocean equipment was deployed within the proposed Spiorad na Marawind project array area during October 2023. This included one floating LiDAR (FLIDAR) buoy, which is scheduled to remain on site for a period of 24 months, and two Datawell Waverider buoys.The equipment has been successfully serviced after recent storm damage to a seabed mooring. The…
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NTM 003 – Spiorad na Mara Offshore Wind Farm
The Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) is scheduled to deploy a Passive Acoustic Monitoring Device (PAM) on behalf of Spiorad na Mara Ltd. The PAM will be deployed on site over a period of 12 months within the Spiorad na Mara offshore wind farm site. Positions of equipment can be seen in Figure 1…