Looking north along Scott Street: Among other things, the streetscape project will move utilities underground, replace “cobra-style” street lights with decorative lampposts, fix broken sidewalks, and replace deteriorated garbage cans.
Finished look will invite economic investment, City says
COVINGTON, Ky. - Spatial properties ... Streetscape appeal ... Aesthetic judgments of...
Take a good look, because next Tuesday the parking lot under the Roebling Suspension Bridge will be fenced off and filled with construction equipment.
Construction to take over parking lot under Suspension Bridge
COVINGTON, Ky. - The long-awaited construction of the “crown jewel” section of Riverfront Commons begins next Tuesday.
Crews from Prus Construction will begin...
Photographs “don’t do justice” to how much the eastern edge of Western Avenue has sunk.
Transmission lines complicate road stabilization project
COVINGTON, Ky. - It's difficult to say exactly when the eastern edge of Western Avenue started dropping. It's much easier to say when it's going to be fixed: Soon.
An engineering firm hired by the City - Terracon Consultants...
Covington Public Works Director Rick Davis at a job site overlooking the Licking River
Davis led numerous high-profile projects during his 6 years
COVINGTON, Ky. - For Covington Public Works Director Rick Davis, the beginning of construction for two high-profile projects - the “crown jewel” phase of Riverfront Commons and the Sixth Street and Scott Street Restoration Project - w...
COVINGTON, Ky. -- Crews with Riegler Blacktop continue to move through parts of Latonia and South Covington, dropping a fresh layer of asphalt on City streets.
These pictures are from West 32nd Street and Blossom Lane in the Clover subdivision.
In all, over 31,000 linear feet of street - just under 6 miles - will be repaved.
The $695,000 repaving program started near the ...
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s conceptual rendering for the “Texas Turnaround” at Fourth Street and the interstate.
Proposal creates new route for Fourth Street ramp onto Brent Spence
COVINGTON, Ky. - A plan to reduce accidents on the Brent Spence Bridge by changing where traffic from Fourth Street merges onto northbound Interstates 71/75 in Covington will go before ...
There’s less than an inch of clearance between Pumper 2’s ladders and Engine Co. 2’s door frame.
COVINGTON, Ky. - The process of building a bigger Engine Co. 2 - and finding a place to build it - has begun.
The Covington City Commission voted 5-0 this week to hire Brandstetter Carroll Inc. -- a firm of architects, engineers, and planners - from 10 applicants for a fee of $...
The existing shoreline just west of the Suspension Bridge does little to encourage interaction with the Ohio River – but that’s about to change.
$6.5MM Phase II of Riverfront Commons to bring amphitheater, pier, trails
COVINGTON, Ky. - Years from now, the “before” and “after” pictures of the Ohio River shoreline between Greenup Street and Madison Avenue wi...
In this 1965 photo from The Kentucky Post, then-Covington Mayor Bernard Eichholz, center, and other City officials hold a Christmas card they were sending to soldiers from Covington fighting in Vietnam. (Photo courtesy Kenton County Public Library)
Groups raising money to move, expand memorial
COVINGTON, Ky. - When their draft numbers were called during the Vietnam War, Covington’s you...
6 miles of repaving begins July 29 in Latonia, then South Covington
COVINGTON, Ky. - Get ready for the smell of fresh asphalt.
The City of Covington's annual repaving program begins July 29, weather permitting, with trucks, equipment, and crews heading to the east side of Latonia to begin work.
Over the next two months or so, Riegler Blacktop of Florence will lay a smooth laye...