The ‘fountain’ of water spraying was first spotted just before 9am on Tuesday by a passerby at Buchanan Bus Station, who saw water gushing from Cowcaddens Road behind the stands.
Photos taken by the Glasgow Times show a column of water erupting high above the road surface, with temporary barriers, fencing and Avenues roadworks in the foreground, as passing pedestrians stop to watch.
A burst water main has sent huge jets of water shooting into the air on a busy Glasgow city‑centre street, leaving around 200 properties without supply. (Image: Newsquest)
Further images reveal water pouring across the carriageway from a large hole in the road, with floodwater pooling around road cones and plastic barriers close to the entrance of Cowcaddens Subway.
A burst water main has sent huge jets of water shooting into the air on a busy Glasgow city‑centre street, leaving around 200 properties without supply. (Image: Newsquest)
Glasgow City Council had already closed Cowcaddens Road between Port Dundas Road and North Hanover Street this week to allow “final” resurfacing and drainage works as part of the Avenues and Avenues Plus programme.
Scottish Water has confirmed around 200 properties in the G4 area are experiencing low pressure or no water as a result of the burst and warned that the incident is also causing localised traffic disruption while engineers work on site.
A burst pipe is sending jets of water soaring into the sky in Glasgow. The fountain of water was first spotted by one of our readers just before 9am this morning whilst they were at Buchanan Bus Station. The burst pipe is on Cowcaddens Road. Live updates, link in bio.
In a statement, the utility said: “We have located a fault in our network in the Glasgow, G4 area and our team are in the process of arranging a repair.
“The fault is located on Cowcaddens Road. Please be advised that this may result in some traffic disruption while preparations for the repair are underway.
A burst water main has sent huge jets of water shooting into the air on a busy Glasgow city‑centre street, leaving around 200 properties without supply. (Image: Newsquest)
“We’ll update our channels as soon as we have an estimated time for the repair to be completed.
“Thanks for your patience while we carry out this work – we’re working as quickly and safely as possible to get things back to normal.”
Glasgow City Council has been contacted for comment.
