With the Longmeadow Parkway Toll Bridge just south of the McHenry County line, I thought readers might be interested in a new one announced by Governor Bruce Rauner today. The press release follows: Governor Rauner Announces Houbolt Road Bridge Agreement … Continue reading
Category Archives: toll bridge
Citizens are meeting at the Algonquin Village Hall tonight. The topic is the Longmeadow Parkway, proposed to have a toll bridge across the Fox River. Most attending oppose the project. The discovery of an endangered species could delay construction of … Continue reading
Here’s what was included in the Environmental Defenders of McHenry County’s most recent email: Friends of the Fox River Action Alert – Comments needed by Jan 9 I am contacting you regarding a very time-sensitive matter. You have a real … Continue reading
Elgin’s Daily Courier-News reports that newly-installed Kane County Board Chairman Chris Lauzen is insisting on local voters approving a referendum in 2014 before giving his support to build a toll bridge south of Algonquin. Pretty much every municipal board, plus … Continue reading
If you live in central Kane County, you get to cross the Fox River on bridges that don’t charge tolls. Two have been opened in recent years: Red Gate Road Bridge (2012) Stearns Road Bridge (2010) Prairie Street Bridge (1994) … Continue reading
When someone who has been out of office over ten years is the most outspoken person trying to pin the 88% toll tax tail on the Pat Quinn donkey, the Republican Party is lost in the suburban wilderness. I’m prompted … Continue reading
I always get exercised when I see marginal highway projects in Downstate Illinois, while area residents are threatened (with the support of local officials) with a local toll bridge across the Fox River between Carpentersville and Algonquin. In 2007, we … Continue reading
The vote was 47-12. I can’t say I am surprised that State Senator Pam Althoff voted in favor. After all, talking about more casinos in Illinois, McHenry County Board Chairman Ken Koehler said, “…he sees gambling expansion as a ‘logical … Continue reading
Motorists won’t flock to a new Bolz Road toll bridge being pushed by area municipal, Kane and McHenry County officials. That’s what a newly released study by Wilbur Smith Associates indicates, according to an Elgin Courier News article by Pete … Continue reading
Motorists won’t flock to a new Bolz Road toll bridge being pushed by area municipal, Kane and McHenry County officials. That’s what a newly released study by Wilbur Smith Associates indicates, according to an Elgin Courier News article by Pete … Continue reading
A McHenry County Board candidate has been kind enough to share the questions asked of him by the Daily Herald. I though that folks might be interested in what this influential paper thinks important. The paper has the advantage of … Continue reading
A McHenry County Board candidate has been kind enough to share the questions asked of him by the Daily Herald. I though that folks might be interested in what this influential paper thinks important. The paper has the advantage of … Continue reading
I see that the Daily Herald’s Kerry Lester has written an article about leaders in McHenry County wanting more money for roads. And that they don’t really care where it comes from. Lester points out that U.S. News and World … Continue reading
I see that the Daily Herald’s Kerry Lester has written an article about leaders in McHenry County wanting more money for roads. And that they don’t really care where it comes from. Lester points out that U.S. News and World … Continue reading
A former resident of Delaware read McHenry County Blog’s article about the proposed Algonquin-Carpentersville. He noted the promise of an end to tolls when the bonds were paid off. Here is is observation: “The Delaware Memorial Bridge linking New Jersey … Continue reading
A former resident of Delaware read McHenry County Blog’s article about the proposed Algonquin-Carpentersville. He noted the promise of an end to tolls when the bonds were paid off. Here is is observation: “The Delaware Memorial Bridge linking New Jersey … Continue reading
David Fitzgerald of the Northwest Herald wrote an article Saturday about the first meeting of the task force which will plan the details for the Fox River Toll Bridge between Routes 25 and 31 near Bolz Road south of downtown … Continue reading
David Fitzgerald of the Northwest Herald wrote an article Saturday about the first meeting of the task force which will plan the details for the Fox River Toll Bridge between Routes 25 and 31 near Bolz Road south of downtown … Continue reading
Route 31 is disintegrating in McHenry County. Local public officials are calling for the Bolz Road bridge over the Fox River to be financed with tolls. Yet two new bridges are being constructed over Interstate 57 near university towns in … Continue reading
Route 31 is disintegrating in McHenry County. Local public officials are calling for the Bolz Road bridge over the Fox River to be financed with tolls. Yet two new bridges are being constructed over Interstate 57 near university towns in … Continue reading