Another one bites the dust: Grounds-keeper Chad Hyland of the Public Works Department’s Urban Forestry Division grinds away the stump of a streetscape Bradford pear tree on Ashland Avenue destroyed by a late August storm.
COVINGTON, Ky. – The City of Covington plans to replace “missing” trees in sidewalk areas along a couple of Latonia streets in October, and rest ass...
COVINGTON, Ky. - An ongoing sewer project in the Eastside neighborhood will change how residents on the eastern-most block of Ninth Street get to their houses starting Monday.
Specifically, Ninth Street will be blocked off at Prospect Street at the floodwall. Thus Ninth Street will cease to be one-way west, and homeowners will need to get to their homes from Greenup Street, according to the...
COVINGTON, Ky. - Hands Pike in South Covington will be closed to traffic at Edwin Drive during business hours next week.
Road crews from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will be digging out ditches on the side of the road, working on shoulders and doing pavement repairs, officials from the Cabinet’s Northern Kentucky office said.
People who live east of Edwin Drive can ...
The Brent Spence Bridge carries Interstates 71/75 over the Ohio River. (Photo courtesy the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet)
COVINGTON, Ky. - People who drive the Brent Spence Bridge in the evening or overnight the next two weeks should watch for crews, equipment, and closed lanes.
Kentucky Transportation officials said a bridge inspection will cause single- and double-lane closures between 8 p.m. ...
Even in dry periods, the seams of the Caroline Avenue underpass in Latonia leak water and mud onto the sidewalk on the southwest side.
COVINGTON, Ky. - Pedestrians who walk under the Caroline Avenue underpass in Latonia have a choice: Step out into the street for a quick detour, or tip-toe through puddles of gooey, dark greenish-colored mud.
The stuff that is seeping out from seams in the re...
COVINGTON, Ky. - The Roebling Suspension Bridge will be closed to vehicular traffic for much of the business day on Thursday and Friday and again next Tuesday and Wednesday, (Sept. 4 and 5).
Officials from the District 6 Office of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet said today a bridge inspection will be taking place.
The hours for the closure are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Pedestrian a...
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The City of Covington is accepting applications for a Driver to join our Public Works Department.
Job Title: Driver
Department: Public Works
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Operates trucks not to exceed a Class “B” Commercial...
Grounds-worker Frank Coogan (left) and light equipment operator Lonnie Johnson of Covington’s Public Works Department trimmed branches from a street-side tree that were causing a problem. The concern was sent in by a citizen using the City’s new iWorQ Service Request tool.
COVINGTON, Ky. - Covington is encouraging its residents to use an online tool and phone app to report infrastructu...
A Covington Public Works crew worked furiously this morning to clear Amsterdam. The crew included, from left: grounds worker Chad Hyland (walking), laborer James Payne (driving the dump truck), and cement brick mason Gene Kohl (operating the mini excavator).
COVINGTON, Ky. - Amsterdam Road in Covington is closed while City of Covington Public Works crews clean up a mudslide.
Public Works Dir...
The basketball courts are popular at Barb Cook Park, but what else should be added to the park?
COVINGTON, Ky. - The sole of many a shoe has been left thinner by the basketball courts at Barb Cook Park in Latonia over the years, and its swings and slides have left the seats of kids’ shorts and pants a little shinier.
But the City of Covington’s Parks & Recreation Department thinks ...