HEAVY rainfall caused severe flooding in Glasgow on Wednesday morning.
Thunderstorms and a sudden downpour following a heatwave earlier in the week resulted in flash floods across the city - leaving many commuters stranded.
One of the worst affected areas was Aitkenhead Road in Glasgow's South Side which was completely closed off to traffic.
Several cars were trapped close to where the road meets Curtis Avenue and Glasgow City Council had to send out a team to deal with the flooding.
Shawlands' Haggs Road was also severely flooded close to the railway bridge as well as other areas across the city.
Sorry about being late, my street is underwater. #Glasgow #thunderstorm #flooding pic.twitter.com/qByJ83LrJW
— Gary Stevenson (@auntie_gary) July 20, 2016
Aitkenhead road previously closed down after Storm Frank caused chaos back in December.
The stretch of road which leads commuters by the national stadium Hampden, often experiences flooding problems with heavy rainfall.
Scottish Water say they are investing £250m in improvements to the waste water infrastructure across the Greater Glasgow area including Aitkenhead Road.
This will be done to improve river water quality in the River Clyde and its tributaries,and to improve the natural environment by reducing the risk of flooding.
The water firm say it is the biggest upgrade of Glasgow’s waste water or sewer network in more than a century
This investment includes the £100m Shieldhall Tunnel, the biggest waste water tunnel ever to be built in Scotland, and ancillary work such as the upsizing of existing sewers in Toryglen.
When complete by about the end of 2017, the tunnel will provide 90,000 cubic metres of extra storm water storage, the equivalent of 36 Olympic-sized swimming pools. The increased capacity of the waste water network will provide better screening of overflows into rivers and reduce the risk of flooding.
A state-of-the-art Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) will also shortly start construction of the main part of the tunnel, which will follow a 3.1 mile-long route between Craigton and Queen’s Park.
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