CANTERBURY, Conn. — As communities continue to survey the damage left behind from Henri, Gov. Lamont and Sens. Murphy and Blumenthal visited Canterbury to get a look at conditions alongside town leaders.
The group visited Brooklyn Road, where utility crews worked to restore power after about 95% of the town was left in the dark at one point yesterday.
That number has dropped significantly, and First Selectman Chris Lippke is grateful the town was spared significant, heavy damage.
“When you see that many outages, you think you’re going to see a lot more damage, but still it’s significant,” said First Selectman Lippke.
Some spots around town did see significant damage, including Cemetery Road where a tree fell onto power lines.
Meanwhile, Lamont and other elected officials said the storm was a good test of the state’s new system that implements financial-based incentives and penalties for how utility companies perform, which was put into place after Tropical Storm Isaias.
“We made sure the utilities were prepared for the worst and that was not the case last time around,” said Gov. Lamont.
To get ahead of storms, the Town of Canterbury has taken down more than 1,000 diseased and decaying trees to help prevent them from falling over.
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