NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Thursday that while the cost of the damage to Connecticut businesses, homes and public properties from last month’s superstorm is an estimated $360 million and climbing, it doesn’t amount to “a long-term hit to our economy.”

Malloy told The Associated Press that bridges, airports, beaches, boardwalks, and state parks suffered “very substantial damage” from the Oct. 29 storm, and he wouldn’t be surprised if the cost to repair public infrastructure runs into the hundreds of millions of dollars.