Still Time to Weigh In with Your Opinion on the 2040 McHenry County Transportation Plan

McDot long range transportation plan logo 5-13McHenry County Department of Transportation Planner Scott Hennings gives the results of public input so far on the 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan.

Note that very, very few people have voted.

As of this morning (7/1/13), the overall top-10 transportation projects as rated by the public are:

  1. Metra UPNW Line Upgrades, District 6 (4.5 stars; 131 votes)
  2. IL 47 Improvements, from US 14 to Charles Road in Woodstock, District 5 (4.4 stars; 149 votes)
  3. IL 47 Improvements, from US 14 to Charles Road in Woodstock, District 6 (4.3 stars; 135 votes)
  4. Metra UPNW Line Upgrades, District 4 (4.3 stars; 76 votes)
  5. Metra UPNW Line Upgrades, District 5 (4.2 stars; 97 votes)
  6. Metra UPNW Line Upgrades, District 3 (4.2 stars; 81 votes)
  7. Metra UPNW Line Upgrades, District 2 (4.2 stars; 56 votes)
  8. IL 47 Improvements, from Reed Road in Huntley to US 14 in Woodstock, District 5 (3.8 stars; 121 votes)
  9. IL 31 Improvements, from Crystal Lake to McHenry,  District 3 (3.8 stars; 119 votes)
  10. Metra UPNW Line Upgrades, District 1 (3.8 stars; 107 votes)

The overall bottom 10 transportation projects as rated by the public are:

78.  Illinois Route 31 Bus Service, District 1 (2.7 stars; 91 votes)
79.  Algonquin Road Bus Service, District 2 (2.6 stars; 31 votes)
80.  New Arterial Highway west of Huntley to the west of Woodstock, District 6 (2.6 stars; 55 votes)
81.  Trail from Moraine Hills State Park to Lake County, District 3 (2.6 stars; 68 votes)
82.  Trail from McHenry to Lakemoor, District 3 (2.6 stars; 71 votes)
83.  Algonquin Road Bus Service, District 1 (2.6 stars; 92 votes)
84.  Algonquin Road Extension and Railroad Grade-Separation to Coyne Station Road and Brier Hill Road, District 6 (2.5 stars; 71 votes)
85.  Harvard Bypass, District 6 (2.1 stars; 48 votes)
86.  Ackman Road and Ernesti Road Extension to New Arterial Highway, west of Huntley, District 6 (2.1 stars; 50 votes)
87.  New Arterial Highway from Harvard east to Richmond, south of Hebron, District 6 (1.6 stars; 46 votes)

Please feel free to visit the McHenry County 2040 Transportation Plan website and rank the proposed projects.


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