CONWAY — Selectmen on Tuesday voted unanimously to charge residents $5 to register their license plate to avoid paying to park in North Conway Village.

Last week, the board voted 3-2 to add $242,000 to the 2023 proposed operating budget to install paid parking. David Weathers and Steve Porter voted in the minority because they felt the funding should be in a separate warrant article. Carl Thibodeau, Mary Carey Seavey and John Colbath voted for it.

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mikoli007

“This whole program is to raise funds to help control the cost of taxes,” said Thibodeau, who said people can control whether to go to North Conway and for how long".

Hmmm, so you're basically penalizing business and patrons by saying, if you don't like it, go somewhere else!

BTW, I have a second home there and pay taxes whether Im travelling or not! Yet, a reduced parking is not allowed for me equally!

cmleslie2004

As a non-resident taxpayer who paid $8500 in taxes to the Town of Conway last year, I strongly encourage the board to reconsider extending the reduced parking privileges to all taxpayers. Our second home in Conway is just that, our home. We don't pay a reduced property taxes because we only live there half of the time -- we pay just as much in taxes as any resident and use fewer town services -- we don't have children in the school system and don't rent our house to others. It is unfair to expect us to pay the same parking fees as tourists and other visitors to North Conway.

TNMAMV

As a 40 year resident, I completely agree with your opinion! Once we make all the exceptions, and pay for people to enforce it, and add the additional cost for more difficult snow removal, and then lower or eliminate the charge in slow season, you have to wonder why we as a tourist destination would even consider this? BAD IDEA !

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