The following notice has arrived from the McHenry County Department of Transportation: WORKSHOP NOTICE The DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION has scheduled County Board Workshop meetings for the purpose of discussing the 5-Year Transportation Program on the following dates: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 … Continue reading
Category Archives: McHenry County Department of Transportation
Last time around, the search for a salt dome in the Southeastern part of McHenry County was done in secret. Some folks at the County Board were quite disturbed when McHenry County Blog revealed the favored site–the Eisenmann property on … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Board McHenry County to Celebrate National County Government Month with Poster Contest WOODSTOCK, Illinois – McHenry County will celebrate National County Government Month (NCGM) during the month of April to showcase how the county … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Department of Transportation: MCRide Dial-A-Ride Expanding to Additional Communities WOODSTOCK, Illinois – McHenry County has partnered with Pace Suburban Bus and several communities to offer expanded dial-a-ride services in McHenry County starting on … Continue reading
The McHenry County Department of Transportation offers the following update on Randall Road improvements: Final design was initiated with IDOT, CMAP and utility owners at the end of 2014. Survey and data collection efforts are scheduled to be completed by … Continue reading
The McHenry County Transportation Committee will meet at 8:15 AM in the Board’s room in the Administrative Building in Woodstock. According to The First Electric Newspaper, there was a secret slide presentation to a group of “stakeholders” last Thursday. Algonquin … Continue reading
A new web site called “Randall Road Robbery” has appeared on the internet. It was launched to marshal opposition to the McHenry County Board proposal to spend upwards of $135 million “fixing” Randall Road from Ackmann to County Line Road. … Continue reading
Wednesday, when I hit the stop light at Miller Road, I decided to time how long it took to get to Algonquin Road. It was 8:37 AM at Miller Road. When I got to Algonquin Road, it was 8:40. Three … Continue reading
Just before noon on Tuesday, I was driving north on Route 31 out of Algonquin. When I got to Virginia Street Road, I looked left at the new Park & Ride facility built where the road ran thirty years ago. … Continue reading
The reply from the McHenry County Department of Transporation to my request for documents relating to the Eisenmann property in Crystal Lake resulted in a denial. I was searching for confirmation that the non-office building portion of the Virginia Street Road … Continue reading
I wouldn’t be conspiratorial enough to think County officials turned off the traffic light at one of the busiest intersection in McHenry County, but as I was taking about fifteen minutes to get from Miller Road through the intersection of … Continue reading
Woodstock Reader Joyce Kunath weighs in with her thoughts on the McHenry County Board’s Randall Road improvement project: I recently learned that our McHenry County Board has already approved $15 million for just the engineering and public education for the Randall Road … Continue reading
This is from the McHenry County Department of Transportation: MAY 13, 2014. At the direction of the McHenry County Board, the design team continues to meet with businesses and other project stakeholders to solicit feedback for use in the re-analysis … Continue reading
The following analysis of the Continuous Flow Intersection McHenry County is contemplating building at the intersection of Randall and Algonquin Roads was prepared by Citizen Advocates for Public Accountability: Highway Robbery CAPA Position Paper on the Randall Road Phase II … Continue reading
Next up in the McHenry County Board debate on the widening of Randall Road and the reconstruction of its intersection with Algonquin Road was Mike Walkup. Walkup complained about the excessive population figures used in the analysis. He urged the … Continue reading
In the 1960’s when one wanted to get from the northern termination of Randall Road at Algonquin Road, one had to go east and travel through the old section of Lake in the Hills to get to Crystal Lake. The … Continue reading
Whenever I see a contract being let, I wonder if campaign contributions might have been made to anyone close to the awarding of that contract. Today I looked at the McHenry County Transportation Committee agenda, which you can find here. … Continue reading
A press release from McHenry County: Public Meetings Scheduled for Draft McHenry County 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan WOODSTOCK, IL – The McHenry County Division of Transportation (MCDOT) is pleased to announce the release of the draft 2040 McHenry County … Continue reading
McHenry 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 … Continue reading
Last week, the McHenry County Department of Transportation announced a public hearing June 5th on its long-range plan, plus a web page where people who can’t or won’t attend the hearing could vote online. Today, Transportation Planner Scott Hennings released … Continue reading