UpdatedMon, Feb 1, 2021 at 4:59 pm ET
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Public works crews are clearing snow during a Monday storm in Fairfield. (Shutterstock)
FAIRFIELD, CT While snowplows hit the roads Monday in Fairfield, residents stayed home, making for a relatively quiet winter storm, with only minor traffic incidents and flooding, according to officials. People have been heeding the call to stay in, and that s paid dividends, Deputy Fire Chief Kyran Dunn said.
As of late Monday afternoon, the town had received between 8 and 10 inches of snow, with 2 more inches expected in the evening, according to Acting Director of Public Works John Marsilio.
Subscribe By midnight, for the most part, the snow will end, Marsilio said during a report to the Board of Selectmen at its Monday meeting, adding the snow is expected to convert to combination rain by 6 p.m.
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In Hartford, the city is banning street parking from 6 p.m. tonight through 6 a.m. on Friday. People can park in one of the city blue light lots starting today at noon or at one of the city schools beginning tonight at 6. Check here for more parking bans. The City of Hartford is reminding drivers to move their cars as the city puts into place a parking ban ahead of the storm.
The state Department of Transportation has 1,300 operators, 634 state plows and 18 industrial loaders, but even with a large arsenal of resources ready to go, there are still some challenges, including COVID-19.