A furious business owner fears he will be left counting the cost of clearing human poo from next to his firm on a daily basis.
Kei Ivett said people are using the area as a toilet as well as dumping their rubbish there but claimed street cleaners were giving the area a wide berth.
He said the problems in the lane, which runs between The Strand Bar and the Revolution building, have led to more serious issues including sexual assaults and drug dealing.
Kei, who owns Pinatas Burrito Bar in The Strand, who has been operating the premises as a takeaway during the coronavirus crisis, said his staff spotted a woman using the lane as a toilet.
He said: “The lane is getting neglected, it’s been like that for years - it’s a bit disheartening.
“While there’s food wrappers, it has been famously known as ‘p*** alley’ since I was young.
“We have put up a light on the alleyway and when we moved in the police asked for CCTV because there was an assault.
“It’s not caged off but it’s very secluded.
“Regularly you see shifty people because they know there is no one coming there and they do their drug deals.”
He added: “There is a human turd that I have been refusing to clean up myself but I will have to clean it up if it’s not.
“It was a woman who did it, one of my staff saw her.
“It was quite a big poo.
“This isn’t an isolated incident, this alley is constantly hanging.
“Yet again we have had to clean the alley ourselves because it’s forever ignored by street cleaners.
“The Strand isn’t the nicest street, it’s been neglected for years.
“It’s not a safe feeling space, there are plenty of places that people can hide off camera.”
He said tents had been blown down the lane onto one of his bikes.
The issues were so bad that he ended up contacting the Swansea Council leader Rob Stewart a number of times over the issue.
He said: “I have tried to contact (council leader) Rob Stewart but he hasn’t replied yet.”
Wales Online has asked Swansea Council for a comment.
