There’s no doubt Connecticut has been getting some much needed rain, but for those who work outside it can definitely be an inconvenience.
A & G Contractors of East Haven spent the morning and afternoon working on the Fenn Road soon-to-be Starbucks in Newington, which they said plans on opening in about one week; but they had to cut the work short once the rain started coming down in the mid afternoon Wednesday.
“It’s not safe to work out here; not up high and stuff like that on a ladder with the rain. It’s not safe,” said Shaun Acampora with A & G Contractors. “It’s gets annoying once you get all wet and your clothes get all wet.”
However, some people have no choice, but to work through the rain as much as they can. Charter Oak Utility contractors were seen in downtown doing utility work just before the rain arrived.
“We got to do what we got to do, but if it gets to real down pour, we’ll sit in the truck for five, ten minutes and then come back out and get the job done,” said James Alridge with the contracting company.
A few blocks away from the crew, Carlos Maisonave, an installer and serviceman with Bianca signs, was seen carrying an 80 pound sign up a ladder by himself to install it on a New Britain business. He said he was in a rush to get the work done before it began pouring.
“I just don’t want to be working in the rain, so I want to do this as fast as possible. Plus I got to wire it, so I don’t want to wire while rain is coming down. That’s always… that’s not a very good thing,” said Maisonave.
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Department of Transportation crews were seen doing work on the Curtis Street Bridge in New Britain and the rain meant postponing paving the road.
"You can’t pave in the rain right. The asphalt won’t adhere to the deck, to the bridge deck. If it’s wet,” Said Michael Bugbee with DOT.
At St. Mary’s Cemetery in New Britain, crews were picking up the pieces left after a car crashed into the cemetery’s fence.
They had to clean up the debris because it’s not easy getting an excavator and a pickup truck in between headstones -- especially if the rain makes the cemetery muddy.
“Once it starts pouring you’ve got to put all your rain gear on and all that stuff. It just makes the job harder,” said Ken Dixon with St. Mary's Cemetery.
