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It’s begun: Scott-Greenup conversion to remove busy state highway from populated neighborhoods

Photos 1 and 2: Work has begun on Scott and Greenup streets. Photo 3: A participation board at the 2019 open house listed residents' concerns about the existing Scott-Greenup traffic setup. City worked with state, community leaders on safety project COVINGTON, Ky. – The physical work of moving a designated state highway from several densely populated Covington neighborhoods is ...

Artist needed to create landmark public installation at CCR

Photo 1: This detail from a conceptual rendering from KZF Design and Hub+Weber Architects suggests how the public art installation (yet to be created) could fit into the space at Third and Russell streets. Photo 2: Some of the “artifacts” saved from the IRS Flattop complex. The Carnegie, CGN kick off competition for privately funded sculpture COVINGTON, Ky. – Done r...

CCR site work to affect roads, sidewalks at 3rd and Madison

COVINGTON, Ky. – The installation of electric conduit for the Covington Central Riverfront development will affect drivers and pedestrians in the area of Madison Avenue and Third Street on and off over the next seven weeks. The work will be done in six distinct phases, beginning today and ending the first week of April. At times, lanes of vehicular traffic will be reduced or even shut ...

City leaders: Brent Spence improvements urgent

Amid funding delay talk, Covington asking federal delegation   to pave way for project to move forward COVINGTON, Ky. – City of Covington officials have spent the week advocating at the highest levels on behalf of the Brent Spence Bridge Corridor project, the multi-billion-dollar transportation overhaul many years in the design and funding process and on the cusp of actual co...

New parking meters: Credit cards AND coins (not to mention on-line apps)

The new parking meters accept credit cards (as well as coins) and feature larger, more visible screens. Covington parking authority updating devices to increase convenience COVINGTON, Ky. – It’s a common sight in business districts almost anywhere you go: Drivers and passengers standing for long periods in front of on-street parking meters, trying to figure out how to pay, what t...

460K sets of eyes, Duveneck, and a big dig on Scott

Photo 1: What people thought was a preview of the BLINK light show was actually a pseudo-“topping out” ceremony for public infrastructure at the Covington Central Riverfront neighborhood. Photo 2: And below, the current state of the historically significant but dilapidated Frank Duveneck home. Photo 3: Breaking ground on a permanent home for City operations. Photo 4: Bray...

Close calls & 16-hour shifts

2nd Photo: Light equipment operator Lonnie Johnson loads salt into the small truck driven by laborer 4 Donnie Wright (in black sweatshirt). (For more photos and video, see the City's Facebook page, @covingtonkygov) Public Works’ battle to keep streets clear enters 2nd day COVINGTON, Ky. – There’s a cot in Brad Schwenke’s tiny office attached to Public Works&rsq...

Plant trees in Peaselburg on Saturday

At the start of last fall’s tree-planting event in Eastside, Covington Urban Forestry Board member Jessica Spencer gave volunteers a brief tutorial on roots and the best way to plant a tree. Volunteers needed for biannual beautification event COVINGTON, Ky. – Volunteers with shovels who aren’t afraid to get muddy (and no doubt sore) are needed to plant trees in Peaselburg o...

Devou Drive closed for repair work

COVINGTON, Ky. – Devou Drive from Western Avenue to Haven Gillespie Boulevard will be closed Monday through Friday next week for sewer and road repair. Emergency vehicles will have access if necessary. # # #

‘Celebration of Life’ on Sunday for dedicated Public Works vet

Longtime Public Works employee Bryan Snider through the years: cutting weeds; vacuuming leaves (at far right); and posing with co-workers near the Ohio River (at far left). Co-workers grieving Bryan Snider after long battle with cancer COVINGTON, Ky. – For more than a dozen years, Bryan Snider worked to make Covington look better. As a dedicated member of Covington’s Public Wo...
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