A Mission family says construction dust from a nearby project is causing daily allergy problems.

The Texas Department of Transportation is working to expand State Highway 107 along Conway Avenue in Mission. The project started just months ago.

Sarah Young lives on Peace Avenue, just a few streets away from the construction site. She has seven family members at home, and most of her children are homeschooled.

"The air quality around here... if we have to leave, we'll have to pack everyone up in the car and drive somewhere else just to get away from the allergens here," Young said.

Young says the allergy problems have gotten worse since construction began.

"Every morning we've been waking up sneezing and having allergy issues, and our car has been covered with dirt, so we've had to go to the car wash pretty often just to get that taken care of," Young said. "We thought maybe it was just the construction of our home. It hasn't gone away; anytime we're here, we're suffering pretty bad."

The family has been working to keep dust out of their home.

"We've just been consistently testing, and changing our air condition filters, and we purchased one air filter," Young said. “We borrowed another, so we have air filters that are going all around our house.”

Dr. Daniel Garcia with the Monarch Clinic said construction dust can do more than cause discomfort.

"Our airway is more prone to catch allergens, and at the same time, that heat can release particles from dust or from the pavement that can eventually lead to our airway," Garcia said.

Garcia says construction dust is not the only allergy trigger in the area.

"The Saharan dust mostly hits us in spring and summer, and desert dust has been known to cause reactive airway disease or just basically trigger asthma and trigger allergies," Garcia said.

Channel 5 News asked TxDOT about Young's concerns. TxDOT said it received about three dust complaints at the project site this week.

A TxDOT spokesperson said a contractor is using water trucks to sprinkle the area throughout the day as part of the project's dust-control practices. The contractor has one water truck designated for dust control and has been directed to apply it throughout the day.

Young hopes the efforts bring relief to her family.

"We want to feel safe in the area that we're living around, and we want to be able to go outside and play normally, and invite people over," Young said.

TxDOT says residents with questions or concerns can contact the TxDOT office in Pharr.

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