CONWAY — The weekend parking snarls at Diana’s Baths, with traffic often backing up onto West Side Road, is much improved, Town Manager Tom Holmes told selectmen July 9.
Holmes said the tensions at the recreation area — a series of cascades and pools managed by the U.S. Forest Service accessed by a scenic trail — last year didn’t rise to the level of “road rage,” but there was a lot of “horn beeping” and “bird flipping” by people trying to get to the Baths.
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