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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...

Almost $800K in asphalt on 32 streets

Annual resurfacing to bring smoother driving in 17 neighborhoods COVINGTON, Ky. – All or part of 32 streets in Covington are about to get a smoother surface. Over 52,000 square yards of asphalt will be laid 1½ inches thick on the streets as part of two contracts totaling $774,287.15 with Riegler Blacktop Inc. and Eaton Asphalt. The work is scheduled to get underway next week ...

Summer street cleaning starts Monday

Avoid a ticket by checking link COVINGTON, Ky. – To keep neighborhood streets looking clean and to keep rain from washing trash and debris into storm sewers, Covington’s Public Works Department will start its annual summer sweeping of residential streets on Monday, July 8. As usual, how well the streets get cleaned will depend on residents moving their cars (to the other side of ...

Smoothing things out

Covington Public Works crews were in Latonia and Austinburg this week (among other places) tackling the ongoing mission of patching torn-up streets. Rather than fill individual potholes, the crews scraped away and repaved big sections so as to create a smoother driving experience and make the fixes last longer. These photos show members of the Right of Way Division on Oliver Street at Oaklan...

Major repairs, bridge project doom Goebel Pool

Rather than ‘waste’ $500K, City to close water facility earlier than anticipated COVINGTON, Ky. – In the end, Goebel Pool was doomed. With the pool sitting almost directly in the path of the pending Brent Spence Bridge Corridor project, the City of Covington has elected not to make the substantial, expensive repairs that would be needed to keep Goebel open just a littl...
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