Building Standards officers will not be able to enter the damaged Glasgow School of Art until at least early next week.

Multiple agencies, including Glasgow City Council, Glasgow School of Art and Historic Environment Scotland, are said to be devising a methodology to allow them to safely examine the building.

An area, between Renfrew Street, Sauchiehall Street and Dalhosie Street, and a point just beyond Scott Street, have been fenced off and a wider cordon has been removed.

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A spokesman for Building Standards said: "The situation is extremely challenging. We have been able to carry out initial surveys of the Mackintosh building, which have raised significant concerns about the West and East elevations.

"However, we are still working with The Glasgow School of Art and Historic Environment Scotland to devise a methodology to allow us to safely examine the building at closer quarters - which we hope will give us more clarity about its condition and any threat to public safety.

"Realistically, it will be at least the early part of next week before we are able to do this, so we do not currently anticipate the exclusion zone being altered in the short-term."

Residents in Garnethill are bearing the brunt of aftermath with a number of residents displaced and other unable to use their usual parking spaces.

Parking permit holders are temporarily being allowed to park in Glasgow City Centre, Park, Woodlands and Woodside.

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New traffic arrangements for the Sauchiehall Street and Garnethill area have been announced to allow the flow of traffic around the area.

Both Scott Street and Dalhousie Street are fully closed from just south of Sauchiehall Street until the unnamed lane that runs between the Reid Building at Glasgow School of Art building and St Aloysius College. Local access to Holland Street, Pitt Street, Douglas Street, Rose Street and Sauchiehall Lane is now in place.

As part of the new arrangements, the one way street on Buccleuch Street has been reversed, which will enable traffic to move around Garnethill again and exit the area on to West Graham Street.

Residents in the Garnethill area can now access parking places that were previously blocked off by the wider cordon.

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The diversion for motorists travelling east on Sauchiehall Street remains in place. This takes drivers via Elmbank Street, St Vincent St, Pitt Street and West George Street before turning north into Hope Street.

Leader of the Council, Councillor Susan Aitken, welcomed the new measures following the extensive disruption caused by blaze.

Councillor Aitken said: "It's a positive step that the cordon around the O2 Academy and the Art School has been scaled back and access for local residents and businesses is opening up. The buildings affected by the fire remain at risk and measures must remain in place at this time to protect public safety.

"We have working extremely hard to get Sauchiehall Street and Garnethill moving again and this is the first step along that path. We will continue to review these arrangements on a street by street basis to ensure we are responding as far as we possibly can to the needs of residents and businesses in the area."

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A single information line is now in place for anyone within the exclusion zone and requiring assistance - including help with temporary accommodation and support for businesses.

A recorded message on this line will give the latest available information on the status of the exclusion zone - although this is not expected to change in the immediate future.