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...
Now that spring is here the City of Covington’s Department of Public Improvements (DPI) is working hard to repair potholes that have formed during the winter.
Potholes are a common problem in busy urban areas, particularly following a harsh winter. Potholes form as the result of snow and rain seeping into the soil below of the road surface. When this moisture freezes the ground expand...
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...
Re-release:
Contact: Shannon Ratterman: shannon@greatneighborhoods.org, 859-866-7524
COVINGTON -This year the Great American Cleanup (GAC) is coming to Covington in a bigger and better way than ever before. In honor of Covington's bicentennial year, Keep Covington Beautiful is partnering with COV200, Center for Great Neighborhoods, and the City of Covington to make sure that this year's Cle...
COVINGTON, KY - Both Western Avenue and Devou Drive will be re-opened to through traffic at the end of the day today.
The project is not yet complete. Crews will return to work after the weather warms. Work is expected to continue near the beginning of April.
Outstanding work on the project includes:
Resurfacing the roadway
Constructing a very small retaining wall along Devou ...
COVINGTON, KY - The Department of Public Improvements Solid Waste and Urban Forestry Divisions, and Keep Covington Beautiful, in conjunction with Republic Services, the City's waste management vendor, are pleased to announce the first annual curbside Christmas tree pickup for all citizens of Covington starting December 29, 2014 and running through January 9, 2015.
Natural Chri...