To All,
From nashua telegraph
"Normally, there is a growth of around 4 percent each year, but that’s not the case this summer, according to Bill Boynton, spokesman for the state Department of Transportation.
“There hasn’t been one week where it’s been more than last year,” Boynton said, pointing to the latest turnpike traffic numbers.
Total traffic for the week of July 23 was 557,931, down 7 percent from last year, when the turnpike saw 602,526 vehicles pass through. It was down 5 percent the week of July 16; down 3.1 percent for the week of July 30; down 1.8 percent for the week of August 5, and down 2.8 percent for the week of Aug. 16."
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/...0179/-1/sports
Maybe it's a combination of things... economy, gas prices, boating laws, weather.
It's like the famous saying about porno... "I can't define it... but I know it when I see it..
" I'm seeing it... (not the porno... the reduced traffic!!!!
)
Lake is less busy, stores are less crowded.. traffic is lighter (at least here on the Gilford side of the lake)
More numbers will come out of the state tourism department in a few weeks... my bet is that the numbers are down.
SteveA