CONWAY — Consultants unveiled a long list of recommendations for improving the visitor experience and protecting the environment on Mount Washington on Thursday at the Mount Washington Commission meeting held last Thursday at Cranmore Mountain Resort in North Conway.
The meeting drew about 45 people to listen to consultants from Tighe & Bond — which provides engineering, design, planning and environmental consulting services and has offices all over New England — present their state-funded contracted assessment of the situation at the summit and recommendations to improve it.
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