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Malloy Tours Shoreline Towns

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Governor Dannel Malloy has appealed for patience as restoration efforts continue after Hurricane Sandy. The governor toured affected shoreline communities Wednesday. WNPR’s Harriet Jones reports.

 

Governor Malloy began his tour in Stonington, battered by intense winds and flooded by storm surge during Sandy. Part of the town dock, home to the state’s only commercial fishing fleet, was washed away.

 

“’You got pounded huh?’

‘Yeah, it was pretty bad.’

‘Is that a boat up there?’

‘Yeah, that’s a boat.’”

 

Stonington First Selectman Ed Haberek says 95 percent of the town remains without power and he told the Governor he’s frustrated by the lack of progress from the utilities.

“CL&P, AT&T and Comcast do their own things. Maybe collaborating together? Because we had crews that were cutting trees from AT&T that CL&P didn’t even know. So you kind of work together.

Governor Malloy says he understands the difficulties communities are having but he says it was obvious from the start that the restoration effort would take time.

“A lot of progress has been made, but , you know listen, if your power’s not on and your city’s not on, there’s not enough progress, We certainly understand that.”

Malloy also toured disaster-hit communities in New London, Clinton, Westbrook, Madison and Guilford.

For WNPR, I'm Harriet Jones.

Harriet Jones is Managing Editor for Connecticut Public Radio, overseeing the coverage of daily stories from our busy newsroom.

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