A GIANT £1m water tank has been built in Tollcross to prevent flooding.

The huge structure - which can hold 330,000 litres - has been put into the car park of a local church.

It was installed as part of a major effort to stop the repeat of flooding that hit Fullarton Avenue in recent years.

Four properties were waterlogged because sewers couldn't cope with the sheer volume of water from storms.

The new tank in the grounds of St Joseph's should cope with any such incident.

The tank is part of a project by Scottish Water that also saw the construction of new pipework, a pumping station and kiosk starting in April.

Mark Maclaren, Scottish Water's regional communities team manager, said: "Scottish Water is fully aware of the inconvenience that flooding can cause and we were committed to tackling the problem in Fullarton Avenue.

"We are delighted to have completed this important project and we are sure it will be welcomed by our customers in the area."

"We thank residents and parishioners of the church for their patience. We are sure they will appreciate that any short-term disruption will be far out-weighed by long-term benefits."

Lynsey Tweedlie, Scottish Water's project manager, said: "Scottish Water worked closely with local residents, the Archdiocese of Glasgow and Father Andrew Mackenzie at St Joseph's Church to ensure disruption during the work was kept to a minimum.

"Most of the work was contained in the church car park but there was some traffic management required to allow us to connect the new work to the existing sewer network."