RESIDENTS and motorists can expect a week of disruption as a building collapse has caused a road closure.

The Evening Times told in later editions of Tuesday's paper how a tenement flat on Albert Road had partially come down during Storm Ophelia.

Now Glasgow City Council and contractors from the factoring agent have put plans in place to repair the damage.

This will include closing the road for around a week, although bosses cannot be sure of an exact date.

The block of flats was evacuated in April 2015 after the front of the building was found to be unstable.

After two and a half years of arranging repairs through factors Walker Sandford, work to shore up the building was finally scheduled to begin in the coming weeks.

However, Monday night's stormy weather brought matters to crisis point and around 3am on Tuesday morning the front of the stone building collapsed.

The incident has raised concerns in the area, which has seen several tenement properties evacuated - most recently on Annette Street.

Other properties, including another on Annette Street, Victoria Road, Langside Road and Allison Street have all had serious structural issues.

A tenement flat on Kingarth Street, factored by Hacking and Paterson, is currently fenced off and waiting repairs to an unsafe bay window.

One local said: "You're wondering which property is going to be next now.

"The problem is that when issues occur with buildings there are often owners who don't want to pay up for repairs - usually private landlords who don't experience the problem first hand.

"Before you know it, it's too late.

"Some families have lost everything when they have been evacuated."

Albert Road is a thoroughfare linking to Crosshill train station and to Holyrood Secondary School.

The resident, who asked not to be named, added: "We are just lucky no one was injured in this building collapse.

"If it had happened later in the morning then it could have been really serious for passers-by."

Contractors CBC will be working with structural engineers Punch Consulting on resolving the problems with the building.

Yesterday a cherry picker was on site to remove the remaining loose parts of the building structure.

Bosses said that once the site has been made safe and there is no longer danger from falling debris, the gas, water and electricity will be disconnected before temporary props are installed to shore up the building.

Scaffolding will go up and the front of the structure covered to make it safe from the elements.

All this will take around a week, during which time the building will be closed.