Some Crashes, Flooding Amid Fairfield Snowstorm

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.

"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.

Police had responded Monday to four storm-related traffic crashes but none involved injuries, Lt. Antonio Granata said in an email about 3:30 p.m. Fairfield Beach Road saw minor flooding due to high tide, according to Dunn, who anticipated the effect of the flooding would be minimal as a result of Monday’s parking ban. There were no reports of downed trees or wires.

“Roads are still very slippery,” Granata said in the email. “People have been staying off the road, which helps DPW in their snow removal efforts.”

Public works crews were taking action Monday afternoon to clear 27 routes, with 50 employees working on the roads, as well as the walkways and platforms at town buildings and train stations, Superintendent of Public Works Doug Novak said.

“Keep staying off the roads so we can clear the roads, and try to get any parked cars off the street, which will help our efforts to clean up the roads,” he said.

Once the snow stops, it will take public works at least five hours for the department to finish its routes and clear all town roads, Novak said. Crews are expected to have worked from 3 a.m. Sunday through to 6 a.m. Tuesday by the time the storm response is complete, according to Marsilio.