Businesses are concerned that a constant "dust bowl" from dozens of lorries each day is causing a risk to their health.
Empress Road in St Denys, Southampton, sees a large amount of lorry traffic primarily from an nearby depot.
Businesses that operate on that street say that each time a lorry goes past, it creates a "dust bowl" like the "wild west" that they believe poses a health hazard.
(Image: Colin Hodges)
Tim Arnold, director of Hampshire Electroplating on Empress Road, said: "The lorries carry building rubble, and it spills from the lorries and deposits itself along the road.
"When a vehice goes past theres just a cloud of dust. On hot days, the dust is horrific.
"I am genuinely worried about what we are breathing here.
"It's an environmental waste hazard, and it can't be good for any of us unfortunate enough to have to work here.
"Nothing seems to be getting done, and it just seems to be getting worse."
Tim adds that during busier times, the road can see over 30 lorries an hour.
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Colin Hodges, manager of Hodges Auto Centre, also on Empress Road, adds that in addition to the health concerns, they are having to send any car present for more than a day to the car wash due to the dust.
He said: "We have been on to the council about this a couple of times.
"It is a health concern as well. We are always breathing it in around here.
"All the dirt and waste are coming off the lorries."
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Colin and Tim believe that measures such as a lorry wash need to be implemented to reduce the problem.
The council says it is conducting inspections to asses the situation.
Councillor Eamonn Keogh, cabinet member for Environment and Transport said: “We were contacted in regard to dust on Empress Road, and although dust is more likely during periods of hot, dry weather like we are currently experiencing, our Environmental Health team has visited a local business to provide advice about mitigating dust from vehicles leaving their premises which has been followed.
"Our highways team will also undertake monitoring of the situation by way of routine inspections to assess whether further mitigation measures are required.”
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