From left: Mark Berling of the IPS Group out of Auburn, the company hired to install parking kiosks in town, stands with Conway Parks and Rec employee Ben Peare and Rec Director John Eastman at the Smith-Eastman Saco River put-in on Friday. (MARK GUERRINGUE PHOTO)
From left: Mark Berling of the IPS Group out of Auburn, the company hired to install parking kiosks in town, stands with Conway Parks and Rec employee Ben Peare and Rec Director John Eastman at the Smith-Eastman Saco River put-in on Friday. (MARK GUERRINGUE PHOTO)
CONWAY — On Friday morning, town employees were seen readying a parking kiosk at Meeting House Road, one of the three popular tourist sites where people from away will be charged a $20 parking fee.
The paid parking program will begin this weekend at First Bridge, Davis Park and the Smith-Eastman Landing on Meeting House Road behind the Conway Police Station. All three sites are popular put-ins for tubing and canoeing.
I think this is terrible. These are some of my favorite places in the area for photography. I moved out of North Conway Village two years ago and now I can’t afford $20 parking to stop by these places for a short time. I wonder why the price has to be so high. I know many towns have areas for residents only but this is a bit much.
I live in the Lakes Region and I visit North Conway and the river at least twice a year. With each visit to this area my wife and I go to a North Conway restaurant for lunch and usually visit a store as well. With a 20 parking fee at the river, we'll go visit a different town instead. This reminds me of Massachusetts or NY, so No thank You.
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I think this is terrible. These are some of my favorite places in the area for photography. I moved out of North Conway Village two years ago and now I can’t afford $20 parking to stop by these places for a short time. I wonder why the price has to be so high. I know many towns have areas for residents only but this is a bit much.
Between short term rentals and meter parking, North Conway has become a hostile tourist town.
I live in the Lakes Region and I visit North Conway and the river at least twice a year. With each visit to this area my wife and I go to a North Conway restaurant for lunch and usually visit a store as well. With a 20 parking fee at the river, we'll go visit a different town instead. This reminds me of Massachusetts or NY, so No thank You.
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