THE REMAINING blocks of the Red Road flats are set to come down this week, housing chiefs have confirmed.

Contractors Safedem are already preparing the sites for demolition after yesterday's blowdown went wrong.

Instead of 10 storeys remaining in all of the six towers, contractors were left with 13 still standing at Red Road Court and 11 remaining at Petershill Drive.

Now Glasgow Housing Association has confirmed work will start immediately to bring the last two blocks down.

Preparation work has already begun on site with contractors moving machinery into position.

Mechanical demolition is expected to begin in the next few days.

Safedem Managing Director William Sinclair said: “Two of the six blocks involved in Sunday’s blowdown didn’t fall exactly as planned.

"Instead of 10 storeys remaining in all of the blocks, we now have 13 still standing at Red Road Court and 11 at Petershill Drive.

“However, we will proceed with our original plan of dismantling all of the blocks using routine machine demolition methods.

"Preparations for this are already underway and high-reach machinery will begin taking down what’s left of the blocks this week.”

Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) also confirmed an independent technical review was being carried out of Sunday’s blowdown.

He apologised again to the 2500 residents who faced delays getting back into their homes, but added this was to ensure the area was safe.

A GHA spokesman added: “The blowdown didn’t go completely to plan.

"However, Safedem has confirmed these two remaining blocks are stable and are confident the demolition will continue as previously planned."

GHA also added the majority of residents were co-operative and understanding of the situation, and thanked them for their help.

The spokesman said: “We would again like to thank again the residents who were asked to leave their homes.

"We very much appreciate their co-operation and patience and hope they understand the reason for the slight delay in them getting back to their homes on Sunday was because the demolition contractor needed to be absolutely sure it was safe for them to do so.”