A road that leads to a few businesses at the end of Nesquehoning has turned into a dumping ground, one councilwoman says.

Industrial Road, which connects Route 54 to Panther Creek, Heritage Sign, Sharps and a few other businesses, is turning into a popular dumping spot, with mattresses, construction material, televisions, and household trash being left alongside the road.

Councilwoman Abbie Guardiani, who has made it her mission to spearhead the effort to clean up the town, highlighted the condition of the road.

“This is what Industrial Road looks like,” she said while holding photos of the dumping. “It has become a dump.”

Mayor Tom Kattner added that up along Dennison has also become a dump, complete with a truck bed left along the road.

“This is not New York or New Jersey folks. This is people who are going up there at night where there is no lights and no one around and dumping. These are locals. Nobody is coming from New Jersey with a mattress. This is a guy who is drinking a case (of beer) a day and just throwing his cans,” Guardiani said. “If you leave that there, you are giving people permission to continue doing it. If it is left there, it shows we don’t care.

“We are creating a landfill.”

Council said the borough only owns a small portion off the side of the road and the rest in question is on privately owned land.

Guardiani suggested organizing a cleanup, but since it is private property, council said they should notify the property owner of the condition of their road.

Councilman Louis Paul suggested that they recommend putting up no dumping signs, much like what was done in New Columbus when dumping was also a problem.

Guardiani asked if this could be a notice of violation because the property is not being properly kept.

Council agreed to contact the property owner regarding the matter.