From her window, Dorchester Village Square Take-Out owner says intersection is “far from safe”

Clinton Davis
CHMA News, Radiometres Local News Project, Community Radio Fund of Canada
View from the Village Square Take Out, Dorchester, NB | Photo: Clinton Davis

For eight years, Debbie Shea has run Village Square Take-Out in the heart of Dorchester. Her restaurant window looks directly onto the intersection where Route 106 meets Cape Road and Woodlawn Road, and says what she sees doesn’t match the municipality’s traffic report.

Village Square Take-Out (top left) sits above this Dorchester, NB intersection | Photo: Clinton Davis

On August 25th, 2025 at a Committee of the Whole meeting, Tantramar municipal engineer John Eppell told council a radar study conducted in May and June showed low traffic volumes, average speeds under the limit, and less than one percent of drivers over 65 km/h. On that basis the report concluded that it was not believed that changes to the traffic control in the area of the intersection were warranted.

Shea disagrees. Catch the story here:

Dorchester, NB – where Tantramar Council asked if roundabouts could be placed | Photo: Clinton Davis

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