Lang Kames News Today

THE GREAT rush to ‘tackle climate change’ and ‘save the planet’ by decarbonisation requires an exponential growth in the use of the so called ‘renewable’ technologies, but it also means the need for critical minerals, metals, steel, and concrete vastly greater than...

Gritters have been out in force and are back on the roads this morning

THERE may be no longer a need for a concrete batching plant at Upper Kergord, it was suggested at a virtual meeting of the Viking Community Liaison Group on Tuesday night - after it emerged that the developer had already poured 11 turbine bases in the west of the wind farm site....

http://shet.news/17jz6 Copied! SHETLAND Islands Council is introducing a 40mph speed restriction on a stretch of the main A970 road south of Voe from tomorrow (Saturday). The new zone covers three quarters of a mile at the north end of the Lang Kames. It is intended to slow traffic down to a safe speed where Viking Energy wind farm access tracks will be joining the public road from both sides, at Hamarigrind and Scar Quilse. 7 of 14Adverts The speed limit signs have been in place for som...

NEW 50mph speed limits are set to be introduced on two sections of the main A970 road during the construction of the Viking Energy wind farm. From early March signs will warn of a 50mph zone covering less than one mile from Sandwater towards the South Nesting junction, due to...