Gov. Dannel Malloy made stops in Norwich, Old Saybrook, and Marlborough to say "thank you" to some of the hundreds of plow drivers who helped get the state moving again after the Blizzard of 2015.
“These guys do unbelievable work and it’s dangerous work as well," Malloy said Tuesday as he walked around talking with Connecticut Department of Transportation drivers.
"They deserve to have the right tools and I’m trying to make sure they have the right tools to do it,” Malloy said.
More than 600 crews worked the roads during the storm, dropping some 8,000 tons of salt to make roads passable.
Malloy also touted purchases made over the past few years that made snow removal easier. He focused on the state's new 15 industrial-sized snow blowers, which cost $57,000 apiece. Connecticut sent three to Buffalo, New York, at the end of 2014 when the city was dealing with severe lake-effect snow.
“The guys over here have got to clean a lane and they have to clean two lanes you know and they’re pushing it further and further aside you know and when you get to a point where you have to move that product, there’s nothing that beats one of these being driven by those guys,” Malloy said.
Crews are also preparing for the next round of snow, as a smaller storm is expected to hit the state late Thursday night and into Friday morning.
