In response chair of the SIC’s environment and transport committee Moraig Lyall says work is underway on a new relief vessel project plus a review of the inter-island network
Whalsay Community Council says ferry status quo is a ‘ticking time bomb’
- Met Office issues another amber warning for snow
- Police advise people not to travel unless absolutely necessary
- Some flights on Monday cancelled – for details see below
- All bus services suspended
- All SIC sport and leisure facilities to be closed on Monday
Orkney MSP Liam McArthur has called on Loganair to reduce the cost of fares
However it does not look like the proposal – which comes agains the backdrop of parking charges at the airport – will be taken up
Loganair flights resumed this afternoon
There will also be no freight sailings tonight or Saturday
One councillor says he is ‘irked’ by the language used on the redesigned NorthLink website around cabins on longer sailings
However it is recommended that the idea of a tunnel between Yell and Fetlar is not taken any further at this stage
