Hector Klette, a technician in the Parks and Facilities division of Covington’s Public Works Department, tears up an old concrete pad at Annie Hargraves Park.
COVINGTON, Ky. – After several years of gathering ideas, planning and raising funds, site work has begun on a resident-led project to re-imagine and remake two small parks next to each other in the Old Seminary Square neighborhoo...
Work on a new storm sewer at 33rd Street and Latonia Avenue this morning signaled the beginning of Phase 2 of the reconstruction of Latonia Avenue.
COVINGTON, Ky. - The second half of the long-awaited reconstruction of Latonia Avenue began this morning.
Work began at the corner of 33rd Street and Latonia Avenue, where Riegler Construction is installing a new storm sewer in coordination...
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COVINGTON, Ky. - Covington is installing a new software program that will make it easier for residents to report potholes, crumbling curbs, faulty street lights, fallen tree branches and other public infrastructure problems.
The Covington City Commission voted 5-0 tonight to contract with a company called iWorQ for a modern work order management system that can be accessed on the spot ...
COVINGTON, Ky. – Hikers along the Licking River Greenway & Trail should be alert for chain saws and chemicals as work crews begin eradicating invasive and unwanted bushes and plants.
A contractor hired by the City of Covington, Groundwork Cincinnati, began work today, May 1, on the southernmost end of the trail near Holmes High School and will slowly move north. The periodic work w...
COVINGTON, Ky. - The wait is over: The newly repaired Roebling Suspension Bridge between Covington and Cincinnati will open later today, four days ahead of schedule.
Mostly.
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet told City of Covington officials this morning that the upstream walkway and the roadway will reopen this Friday evening by 6 to vehicles and pedestrians.
But the downstr...
(PHOTO CAPTION: Covington Public Works employees smooth out an emergency fix of Wayman Branch Road.)
COVINGTON, Ky. - Road crews were finishing up the emergency repair of Wayman Branch Road in South Covington on Wednesday with the road expected to re-open by the end of the work day.
Covington’s Public Works Department shut down the road Monday and its crews worked around the ...
COVINGTON, Ky. - The long-awaited reconstruction of Latonia Avenue will be delayed by the recent rain.
The contractor for the project, Riegler Blacktop, notified the City this week that complications from the wet weather will push back the anticipated start date of the project about two weeks - from the week of April 30 to the second week of May.
That new date also is dependent on th...
COVINGTON, Ky. - Get ready for the smell of fresh asphalt.
The City of Covington’s annual repaving program should begin in mid-May and finish within three months, thanks to a contract approved Tuesday night by the City Commission.
The Commission voted 5-0 to contract with Bluegrass Paving, Inc. of Florence for an amount not to exceed $694,262.87, which includes m...