Malloy assesses West Haven storm damage

WEST HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH)-- Governor Malloy visited West Haven on Sunday afternoon.

West Haven Mayor John Picard told News 8 that as of around 2 pm Sunday, about 50% of the side streets were still covered with snow.

Driving through the city, the main roads are definitely narrower than usual but you can get to where you're going.  The biggest problem here, many cars are still buried under and behind piles of snow, so until these side roads are cleared, many people are still stuck at home.

Governor Malloy met with the mayor to discuss the progress that's being made in West Haven and to talk about ways the state can help.

The governor said he hopes to be able to send in some state DOT workers at some point Monday to help make all the roads passable.

For now, residents are trying everything they can to try to get the streets cleared themselves. All across the city and the state for that matter, people are getting outside and working together in an attempt to dig out from the massive amounts of snow.

"People are helping people. Next door, across the street, somebody with a snow blower, somebody with a shovel," said Ronda Golding.

"We shoveled our car out. We just felt like we should help everybody else out in the neighborhood," said a man, who was helping out.

"We decided to give this person a hand, you know, take a little bit of stress off of them when they come outside to get their car. It's all about community. Exactly," said another man.

One of the biggest challenges in their cities or towns is the number of people living close together. More people, more cars, and that means plows simply can't get down the roads.

What they need is more payloaders so anyone with an extra one lying around, call the state or your town or city and let them know if you can help.