Hartford crews spent all night plowing into the third snowy Monday in a row.
The capital city declared a snow emergency Sunday night, closing schools and city offices Monday due to snow.
The city issued a parking ban that started midnight Sunday and lasted until 6 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 10.
“We need as many cars as possible off the streets to plow effectively,” Mayor Pedro Segarra said. “The storm is expected to be the heaviest during the day tomorrow and it’s much more difficult to move vehicles when snow is on the ground. Residents should start preparing for the storm as soon as possible.”
Parking ban compliance was pretty good, Segarra said, but some cars remained parked in the roads after midnight, hampering plowing. Some cars were still being towed just before 11 a.m.
The city may have to haul snow out of the city to make way for future storms to avoid a "gridlock," Segarr
"We're a small city and there's very little places to put the snow in some areas if you don't have much of an apron," Segarra said.
Residents who don't have access to off-street parking were asked to move their cars to one of the following places during the storm:
• Morgan Street Garage
• 2 Holcomb Street lot
• Keney Park Entrance lot — Ridgefield Street
• KDA Center lot — Naugatuck Street
• Pope Park Center lot — Park Terrace
• Metzner Center lot — Franklin Avenue
• Colt Park lot — Wawarme Avenue
• Elizabeth Park lots
• All Hartford Public Schools parking lots
Residents should move vehicles from the parking lots when the parking ban expires. If your car is towed, the city asks you to call the Hartford Police Department at 860-757-4000. It costs $93.59 to retrieve a towed vehicle and owners will also be fined with a $99 ticket.
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More snow parking locations are available on the Hartford website.
You can call 211 if you need a shelter to stay at to keep warm. The following shelters are open 24 hours if it's below 25 degrees:
• McKinney Shelter: 34 Huyshope Ave, (860) 722-6922
• Immaculate Conception Shelter: 560 Park St, (860) 724-4823
• South Park Inn: 75 Main St, (860) 724-0071
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