CONWAY — Phase 2 of the Conway Rec Path is in limbo now that the estimated cost of building it has doubled and selectmen refuse to sign off on a grant modification that the Mount Washington Valley Trails Association asked them to approve.
Phase 2 was to go from Cranmore through Whitaker Woods to Intervale.
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