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Agency official outlines Covington's 2026 priorities, including parks-district vote and trail construction
Summary
An agency official presented Covington's 2026 goals, announcing an August ballot on creating a metropolitan parks district to fund parks and recreation, plans to hire more police under a state funding approach, pursuit of State Route 516 widening, the start of Jenkins Creek Trail construction funded by grants, a new city website, and a new maintenance facility.
An agency official told residents that Covington's priorities for 2026 will include a proposed ballot measure on parks funding, expanded public safety staffing and several transportation and infrastructure projects.
The official said, “We will ask residents this August to vote on whether to form a metropolitan parks district to help fund parks and recreation initiatives that the general fund cannot do alone.” The statement framed the ballot as a funding measure intended to…
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