COVINGTON, Ky. – The City of Covington received a major financial boost to its long-planned riverfront development today.
Governor Steve Beshear and Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) officials announced the award of $5.4 million in Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funds to improve safety and air quality in Northern Kentucky.
The largest of three CMAQ awards is $3.9 million t...
COVINGTON, KY – The City of Covington is trying to clean up its curbs and sidewalks.
In an effort to reduce piles of trash at curbsides and encourage more recycling participation, the City will be implementing a new sticker program for residents to dispose of large or extra trash items.
Beginning October 1, residents will be required to place a green sticker on additional bagged trash and la...
COVINGTON, KY - The following are project updates on City roadwork and infrastructure projects:
Annual Resurfacing/Concrete Replacement Work
Project: Roadways within the City are repaired as needed annually. Roadwork is focused in one of 3 geographic sections on a 3 year cycle. This year, all work will be completed in Section 2. Click here to see a map of Section 2. The red highli...
COVINGTON, KY – Sanitation District No. 1 (SD1) is now offering assistance to property owners experiencing issues due to damaged or defective sewer laterals.
SD1 has included funding in its Fiscal Year 2016 Budget for a private sewer lateral repair program. The program allows SD1 to perform work on defective sewer laterals beneath public roadways that may be contributing to a visible ...
COVINGTON, KY – Rumpke has delivered carts to nearly half of Covington households; however, to ensure all households receive their trash carts in July, the City asks residents to follow a few simple guidelines.
Leave your current CSI/Republic trash cart at the curb for 48-hours after your scheduled trash collection day to allow Rumpke to collect the container and deliver a new City-iss...
COVINGTON, KY – The City of Covington’s ongoing initiative to rebuild and improve its infrastructure has received a huge boost.
Mayor Sherry Carran announced at the Board of Commissioners Meeting on Tuesday, June 16, that four City transportation projects have been awarded funding from the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments (OKI) as part of OKI’s Fiscal Years...
COVINGTON, KY - The following construction projects will result in road closures that may impact Covington residents:
Benton Drive
Benton Drive will be closed beginning Wednesday, May 27, to facilitate a basin project that Hale Contracting is constructing at the old ball field at Highland and Benton. This needs to be done in order to install the new pipe across Benton. The closure details are...
COVINGTON, KY - The following are project updates on City roadwork and infrastructure projects:
Annual Resurfacing/Concrete Replacement Work
Project: Roadways within the City are repaired as needed annually. Roadwork is focused in one of 3 geographic sections on a 3 year cycle. This year, all work will be completed in Section 2. Click here to see a map of Section 2. The red high...
The City of Covington Fire Department, with the Urban Forestry Division, will be burning the area known as Devou Park Sleepy Hollow Field beginning Monday morning, March 30. The burn will last from between 8:00 AM and will end at approximately 1:00 PM. The event will create a lot of smoke.
The prescribed fire will be used at the Devou Park Sleepy Hollow Field for a 3.8 acre parcel of native...
COVINGTON - For the first time in many years, Covington residents and businesses will experience a change in the way they are billed by the City for waste management services as part of a bold plan to achieve a greener and cleaner future.
In early March, the City mailed a letter with the waste fee bill explaining the change in the billing cycle to every resident and business.
The change comes at a...