There’s a lot of blowing and drifting,” Mayor Lauren Garrett, who lives in northern Hamden, said at 10 a.m.

The road conditions worsened throughout the morning. The occasional plow drove along Whitney Avenue, which at 7 a.m., was clear enough to accommodate the occasional car. The storm began to pick up as the sun rose. In southern Hamden, snowfall was light during the early morning hours, though noisy winds battered trees and kicked up snow. “But we’re out there trying to keep up with the roads.” “The wind is going to be a factor all day today,” he said. Late Saturday morning, Coyle had reported heavy snow. Coyle did not report any major issues associated with the storm. While he expected the snow to let up in the evening, some additional accumulation was possible, he said. Meanwhile, East Haven had received eight to nine inches by 4 p.m., according to Charles Coyle, the superintendent of operations for the public services department.

Though winds and snow drifts made it difficult to measure snow accumulation, “we are certain that it’s in the 10-to-12 inch range,” McCarthy said. With a parking ban in effect until Sunday, the city was towing cars, McCarthy said. “We’re almost begging people to give us that response time,” he said. Public works crews have 24 hours after a storm ends to complete clean-up, according to McCarthy. “Our biggest issue right now is people wanting to get out and about with their lives while we still need time to push this storm back.” “We have no reports of trees down,” he said. Tom McCarthy, West Haven’s public works commissioner, also emphasized the importance of avoiding travel. “People are listening, people are staying off the roads, which is a key element to get the roads plowed,” Fontana said. The crews operated in 12-hour shifts, he said, with the first shift lasting from about midnight Friday to noon Saturday. Otherwise, the city got through the day relatively unscathed, according to Fontana.įifty trucks worked to clear the roads in New Haven, he said. It left one person seriously injured, he said. New Haven Director of Emergency Operations Rick Fontana reported a four-vehicle collision he said took place amid poor road conditions on the Wilbur Cross Parkway. Saturday, according to the a NWS forecast.īy late morning, officials in New Haven and neighboring towns reported that around six inches of snow had fallen, though wind gusts made it difficult to measure accumulation. “Customers with reservations to travel with us to or from HVN on Friday, January 28 Saturday, January 29 or Sunday, January 30 are eligible to change their flights for no difference in air fare,” the release said.įog and light snowfall were recorded at Tweed at 6:53 a.m. The parking ban would likely remain in place until Sunday, Elicker said, adding that the city would issue updates as they became available.įollowing earlier forecasts, Avelo Airlines canceled 15 weekend flights arriving and departing out of Tweed-New Haven Airport “in anticipation of heavy snowfall,” according to a release.

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