The current layout of traffic management on a road in Giffnock has been extended by six months. 

Due to a major investment project by Scottish Water, access to Braidbar Farm Road and Park Grove Avenue from the direction of Glasgow Hutchesons' Aloysians (GHA) rugby club along Braidholm Road is being extended until March 2023. 

This was initially due to change at the end of this month. 

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The extension is due to "unforeseen circumstances" that have led to the sequence of operations during the project being amended. 

A manufacturing defect has been discovered with some of the materials that Scottish Water has been supplied with for the pipe laying along Braidholm Road and a number of uncharted services have been uncovered. 

The overall competition date for the project is still expected to be in June 2023.

Glasgow Times:

Georgina Reid, corporate affairs manager in the west region, said: "We’d like to reassure everyone that the target overall completion date of June 2023 for this essential investment remains unchanged.

"While we recognise this extension to the roadworks will have the most impact on residents on the south side of Braidholm Road to the immediate west of Braidbar Farm Road, our priority is to complete the project on schedule and to the high standard our customers expect and deserve.

"We remain on target to achieve both."

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We previously reported a shop owner in Giffnock claimed he was closing his business this month after the major works, which are taking place outside his store, "killed it".

Ian McNeill, who owns Frankie's on Braidholm Road, says he was forced to make the decision to close the convenience store after he lost the majority of his passing trade due to road-closed signs and a four-way traffic light system outside the shop.

A post on social media suggests the business closed its doors this week.

Glasgow Times:

Braidholm Road remains closed to through traffic from Merryton Avenue to Merrylee Park Avenue with local diversions in place.

There is no parking but pedestrian access is being maintained. 

There is access to Braidbar Farm Road and Park Grove Avenue via traffic lights. 

Scottish Water says work is progressing well on a new underground storage tank which is being installed beneath the grassy open space next to the junction on Whitton Drive and Graffham Avenue. 

The company has thanked local residents, road users and businesses for their patience and understanding during the works which are to help alleviate sewer flooding in the area.