Hartford, Conn./WTIC Radio - State and local transportation and public works crews are ready for whatever Mother Nature has in store on Tuesday.
Heavy snow is expected to break out in the pre-dawn hours, with the National Weather Service predicting 4-8 inches in Hartford.
That has forced hundreds of school districts to call off Tuesday classes.
Gov. Ned Lamont says that all executive branch state office buildings will be closed on Tuesday. He has also signed an order banning tandem tractor trailers and empty tractor trailers from the state's highways, effective at 12 am Tuesday.
In addition, numerous local municipalities have implemented restrictions on parking or have implemented outright bans for the duration of the storm.
Hartford's snow parking ban takes effect at 8 pm Monday. Residents can move their cars to any of 9 "blue light" lots, city parks or public schools (except for Bulkeley High School and Burns Latino Studies Academy). Cars that violate the ban are subject to getting towed away so city plows have room to clear the streets.
"A successful operation is when no cars are towed," according to Hartford Police Lt. Paul Cicero. "We're really asking for compliance the best we possibly can. Please, once that parking ban is enacted, get your cars off the roadways."
New Haven's citywide parking ban begins a few hours later, at 12 am Tuesday. Parking is banned downtown and along snow emergency routes. Parking on some neighborhood streets is allowed, but only on the "even" side of the road.
"Don't be the 'odd person out," says New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker. "Do not park on the odd side of the street anywhere in the city."
At the state Department of Transportation, communications director Josh Morgan said it's all hands on deck.
"We have more than 600 trucks, and we have more than 900 drivers at DOT," said Morgan.
Morgan said the state crews will be supplemented by some 200 private contractors.
Greater Hartford AAA spokeswoman Tracy Noble said if you must drive, take it slow and steady.
"If you don't have to go out, stay home and let the road crews do their jobs," said Noble.