SCOTTISH Water has donated grass seeds and fencing to help the Corkerhill community. 

Along with its alliance partner Caledonia Water Alliance (CWA) the items have been donated to help improve local sports facilities and the community hub. 

During a major pipe installation project to improve services to customers, work on Corkerhill Road and Braidcraft Road required road traffic management and diversion which has had an impact on the community and caused some inconvenience to road users. 

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As a way of thanking the community for their cooperation, patience and understanding, Scottish Water has donated grass seeds to help improve pitches at Nethercraigs Sports Club and some fending to make a safe environment for users. 

It also cleared an area at the side of the community hub to help with the delivery of a quality outdoor area for hub users to enjoy. 

This will complement other improvement work being carried out there, including work funded by the Glasgow City Area Partnership.

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Jane McKenzie, communications manager at Scottish Water, said: "We have been carrying out a lot of work in the area and this has required road traffic management and diversions.

"While we always make every effort to minimise any disruption, the road traffic management has inevitably caused some inconvenience to road users in the area.

"We greatly appreciate the cooperation, patience and understanding of everyone impacted by this and, as a way of thanking the community, we have made these donations to help provide lasting improvements to facilities that all local people can use and enjoy."

Gordon Keenan, chief executive of Pollok United, which uses the pitches, said: "Pollok United would like to thank Scottish Water and Caledonian Water Alliance for their in-kind matching support and assistance which, linked to Glasgow City Area Partnership funding, will enable us to create a quality outdoor leisure area for users of the Corkerhill hub facility."

The pipe installation work in Corkerhill is part of the Glasgow Resilience Project which involved the installation of seven miles of new pipes to comment the Glasgow area's water network and the system in Ayrshire to increase resilience and protect supplies for around one million customers.

The new water main is being installed in the Ibrox, Mosspark, Pollok, Priesthill, Nitshill and Parkhouse areas of Glasgow and is expected o be completed in 2023.