WORCESTER, Mass. - The first Nor'easter of the season has come and gone.

The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency [MEMA] says more than 40,000 residents in Massachusetts were without power at one point during Saturday's storm.

Worcester's Department of Public Works says the number of cars on the road and the amount of snow coming at once created problems for snow removal on Saturday.

More than 300 pieces of snow removal equipment was sent out Saturday night and the DPW says that number will go up in upcoming snowstorms as more contractors finish their fall work for the year and focus solely on winter snow work.  They are hoping for an additional 50 to 75 trucks when that happens.

Assistant DPW Commissioner Matthew Labovites says he is happy with the work his crews completed throughout the day, but says they will go back and look at what could be done differently.

Labovites said, “We look back and do a post-mortem after every event. Right now, we’ve done everything we can do to prepare and sign up as many contractors as possible and get the staff as prepared as possible. Right now, we feel like we’ve done everything we can do. In another week, when we get a little bit of time and distance we'll look back and say what could we do a little differently next time."

Labovites added there were an "unbelievable" amount of cars on the road and cars parked on hilly streets made it difficult for plows to get around.

The DPW says crews were ut all night so roads would be driveable on Sunday.

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