Scottish Water is progressing with work on a regional improvement project in Glasgow, it has been announced.

It is understood contractors George Leslie are developing a half mile-long sewer tunnel beneath the streets of the Yoker area of the city.

The work is part of a £7 million project to improve the water quality and natural environment of the River Clyde as well as tackling flooding issues.

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In addition, a new Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) with powered screens will be developed at the former Blawarthill Hospital near Dyke Road.

The new sewer is being installed using a specially built Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), which is currently around 30% of the way along the route.

Joanna Peebles, Scottish Water's regional communities team manager, said: "We're very pleased to be making good progress with this important project, which will significantly improve the environment on the Yoker Burn, which is partially culverted, and the Clyde."

The improvement work in Yoker and Clydebank is part of Scottish Water's £250m investment in the Greater Glasgow area's waste water network, the biggest in more than a century.

(LM)