02/22/2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 21, 2026
TOMORROW AT NOON: MAYOR ARULAMPALAM ACTIVATES SNOW PARKING BAN; CITY HALL CLOSED MONDAY
HARTFORD, CONN. (February 21, 2026) – Tomorrow at noon, Mayor Arulampalam will activate a snow parking ban for the City of Hartford continuing into Monday, February 23. Blue Light Lots will be open starting at 8AM this evening to provide opportunity for residents to get cars off the street.
“We're expecting a few inches of snow beginning Sunday night and continuing into Monday,” said Mayor Arulampalam. “Our Public Works team is standing by to keep our roads clear and safe, but we need your help to make our snow cleaning operation as easy as possible. Please get your cars into your driveway, or to a Blue Light lot, City lot, or school lot, and for your own safety, please stay off the streets as much as you can.”
During a snow parking ban, all on-street parking is prohibited throughout the City of Hartford. Any vehicles not removed from City streets by the start of the parking ban will be ticketed and towed. Residents without access to off-street parking may move their vehicles to one of the authorized parking areas including Blue Light Lots, City Parks, and City Recreation and Senior Centers. Residents can also move their cars to Hartford Public Schools parking lots. See below for more information on these lots. Trash and recycling pickup will be delayed by one day, and City Hall will be closed on Monday.
To notify the public a parking ban is in effect, sixteen major intersections will be illuminated with blue light beginning 4 hours before the parking ban and they will remain illuminated throughout the duration of the parking ban.
Nine Blue Light Lots are dedicated solely for use during snow parking bans. These designated Blue Light Lots will provide more parking options for residents who do not have access to off-street parking.
Residents can sign up to receive alerts by text, email, or phone from the City of Hartford by registering online here.
To avoid being ticketed and towed, please move all on-street cars to the following list of authorized parking areas:
Blue Light Lots
130 Sisson Ave
2434 Main St
141 Sheldon St
1213 Main St
60 Chadwick Ave
45 Evergreen Ave
175 Mather St
Sigourney Street and Homestead Avenue
Learning Corridor Parking Garage - Brownell St Entrance
75 Clark St
City Parks and Centers
C**t Park – Wawarme St Lot
Elizabeth Park – Asylum St Lot
Elizabeth Park – Prospect Ave Lot
Goodwin Park – Hubbard Rd Lot
Goodwin Park – Maple Ave Golf Course Lot
Keney Park – Woodland St Lot
Keney Park – Ridgefield St Lot
Rocky Ridge Park – Zion St Lot
Thomas J. Hyland Memorial Park – Ansonia St Lot
Foster Heights Park – Amherst St Lot
Holcomb Health and Human Services Campus - 2 Holcomb St Lot
North End Senior Center - 80 Coventry St Lot
Parker Memorial Community Center - 2621 Main St
Metzner Recreation Center – 680 Franklin Ave
Samuel Valentin Arroyo Recreation Center – 30 Pope Park Dr.
Hartford Public Schools Parking Lots
All school lots are available for snow parking, EXCEPT for: Bulkeley High School
(330 Wethersfield Ave.) and Burns Latino Studies Academy (195 Putnam St).
For a complete list of schools click here:
Hartford Public Schools serves more than 16,500 PreK-12 students from Hartford and nearly 70 surrounding towns in Connecticut.
