One wet night after the improvements were finished on Rakow Road where it intersects with McHenry Avenue, I noticed that there were no reflectors between lanes to help guide motorists. I still wonder why this safety feature was not included … Continue reading
From the McHenry County Department of Transportation (the text, not the photo): Soil borings are scheduled to continue along the Randall Road corridor beginning the week of March 16th. This work will require some temporary lane closures so crews and … 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
Below is the resolution that the McHenry County Board passed last Tuesday night with regard to Randall Road. It confirms previous reports in McHenry County Blog that the Continuous Flow Intersection (aka, CFI) is being dumped in lieu of three … Continue reading
The Illinois Attorney General notified McHenry County late yesterday afternoon that it is investigating whether the County Board’s Transportation Committee operated within the limitations of the Open Meetings Act at its September 3rd meeting on Randall Road. The question was … Continue reading
The McHenry County Transportation Department has posted minutes of the August 28, 2014, meeting to which members of the County Board, the general public and the media were prohibited from attending. I find interesting that the term CFI (for Continuous … Continue reading
Yesterday, I attended the Transportation Committee meeting of the McHenry County Board. That was where the Committee voted 3-2 to approve dropping the Continuous Flow Intersection in favor of a more conventional, yet innovative for Illinois, approach of three left … Continue reading
Pressure has been building to kill the Continuous Flow Intersection at Algonquin and Randall Roads. After tomorrow’s meeting the idea will be in the trash can. One could tell at the last Transportation Committee meeting that Committee Chairwoman Anna May … 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
With citizens getting uppity on proposed recreational zoning restrictions and mailings going out in opposition to the Continuous Flow Intersection proposal at Randall and Algonquin Roads, McHenry County officials have decided to move next Wednesday’s 8:15 AM meeting of the … Continue reading
The web site Stop Randall Road Robbery is a bit more robust than when it first went up. There are now County Board District Chairs: District 1: Andrew Gasser & Tom Wilbeck District 2: Donna Kurtz & Jeffrey Thorsen & … Continue reading
Paula Yensen has a piece of literature which appears to be one intended to be handed out door-to-door. How do I reach that conclusion? The white circle in Yensen’s head is probably there so that a rubber band can be … Continue reading
On Sunday I forgot to post was being handed out at the tent in the Woodstock Square. It can be seen below: = = = = = For the latest on Randall Road, click here. … Continue reading
I attended my first McHenry County Board Transportation Committee meeting this morning. Todd Bright, the lead man from Randall Road consultant firm TranSystems, gave an update on the project that Chairwoman Anna May Miller is vigorously pushing for a September … Continue reading
One of the folks who is opposing the $135 million revamp of three and a half miles of Randall Road, Karen Tirio posted on Facebook. You can see her post below, as well as a reply from District 1 County … Continue reading
I drove to Woodstock Sunday to see the Stop Randall Road Robbery display on the Square. As I approached I thought I saw shirts of people supporting Jim Harrison’s Independent candidacy for McHenry County Sheriff. Getting closer, I realized the … Continue reading
First from critic “I can’t believe it”: If you are a regular user of Randall Road you will know this Stop Randall Road Robbery Campaign is a huge joke. Does the campaign really know anything about traffic control? I doubt … Continue reading
The group known as Stop Randall Road Robbery will have a tent at the Woodstock Square Sunday afternoon. … 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
Here is another Randall Road property owner who can’t move his site because of the uncertainly over the Continuous Flow Intersection Plan. … Continue reading
