Sunday I decided to see how McHenry County’s first roundabout was working.
The road from Route 31 has been widened to three lanes.
The third lane is a turning lane and, to be honest, parts of it appear to be unneeded.
New signals have been installed at both Riverside Drive and Spring Grove Road.
Right before Spring Grove Road is a flashing sign urging people to “Stay Alert” because “Roundabout Open”.
The roundabout is not within sight of the sign.
There are lots of signs at the roundabout in Johnsburg.
Over the small rise the roundabout appears.
I drove around with no traffic but my car and turned around at Chef Davito’s.
I turned up St. John’s Avenue to get another view.
Next I turned onto Chapel Hill Road.
Around the circle I went back the way I came.
Another Miller legacy along with the empty parking lot.
Who gains with these projects?
THE OPERATING ENGINEERS UNION AND THE DEMOCRAT PARTY!!!
No wonder the Millers advertised for a Democrat in the Founders Day Parade!!
Actually, taxpayers benefit because roundabouts are cheaper to maintain, construct and decrease the amount of fatal accidents.
The road improvements in Johnsburg are awesome!
The roundabout is a perfect solution to the old 4 way stop, and the stop light at Johnsburg & Spring Grove road is a huge plus.
I wish they would have put these up in Marengo, I hate the new stop light.
Will the roundabout work as smooth with a little ice and snow?
Thats when the one in Des Plains got Interesting !
We can only hope.
If roundabouts are safer and cheaper to build maybe they should be build that at Algonquin and Randall.
Why spend how many millions of dollars for a continuous flow intersection when roundabouts are so great???
European countries seem to use them at busy congested intersections without problems.
Connecting Dots when you say “another Miller legacy”, are you referring to the Nepotism Filled Algonquin Township Miller’s???
That would explain the big push to convert the intersection of Crystal Lake at Silver Lake near Cary into a roundabout.
Modern roundabouts are the safest form of intersection in the world.
Visit http://tinyurl.com/iihsRAB for modern roundabout FAQs and safety facts.
Modern roundabouts, and the pedestrian refuge islands approaching them, are two of nine proven safety measures identified by the FHWA, http://tinyurl.com/7qvsaem
The FHWA has a video about modern roundabouts that is mostly accurate (http://tinyurl.com/6v44a3x).
Finally we start to see roundabout.
Why does it take so long.
They really work.