A resident of Eastern Passage, N.S., says dust that has fallen from dump trucks on the road he lives on is costing him money and affecting his well-being.
“I had an open-heart operation, I got a valve replacement, I’m fighting bladder cancer, and I’m breathing in this dust, which is an environmental hazard to me and other people living around here,” said Bob Shore on Friday.
Throughout a four-minute interview with Global News, four dump trucks drove past him on Caldwell Road.
Shore, 79, said he moved to the area in 1976 and has never seen so much dust in his neighbourhood.
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He said, subsequently, he has to wash his car every day and recently paid $200 to get the exterior of his home cleaned.
Several of the dump trucks are from the construction of the yet-to-be-named new Eastern Passage high school, scheduled to open in September 2018, further south down the road.
In a statement, Nova Scotia’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal spokesperson Brian Taylor said that the department hasn’t received any complaints from residents about dust.
“That being said, staff will be in contact with the contractor to ensure the proper steps continue to be taken to minimize dust. In addition, paving and landscaping is schedule to begin in two weeks which will considerably reduce the presence of dust,” he added.
A vehicle that cleans roads with water made a few passes on the stretch that Shore lives on Friday, but he said that the dust always returns.
“I know they have to earn their wages, but somebody has to control the dust in this area,” he said.
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