It’s OK if a newspaper trashes a public official. That has happened to Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Andrew Gasser more than a few time in the Northwest Herald. Yet, negative publicity was never levied at his predecessor Bob Miller while … Continue reading
Category Archives: Traffic Count
This is an update about Randall Road Traffic Counts near the intersection of Algonquin Road. Pete Gonigam pointed me to the information. Here’s the source: Below is a graphic taken from the official website of the Illinois Department of Transportation showing … Continue reading
Below is a graphic taken from the official website of the Illinois Department of Transportation showing the daily traffic counts on each leg of the Randall/Algonquin Intersection. Just in case this is difficult to read, here are the figures: From 2005 through … Continue reading
Despite declling traffic counts on Randall Road, the McHenry County Board voted 14-8 Tuesday morning to spend $10 million buying land to widen Randall Road. Here’s the operative language in the resolution: …the sum of five million seven hundred fifty thousand … Continue reading
The following was written by Lakewood’s Steve Willson: Randall Road and the Job of the County Board 1. The job of the County Board The job of the County Board is NOT to RATIFY staff recommendations. The job of the Board is … Continue reading
About two years ago, the Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water has issued the following report with this explanation: ALAW’s committee, Citizen Advocates for Public Accountability (CAPA) has researched and evaluated the McHenry County Transportation Division’s proposed improvements on Randall … 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
That’s what it look like: They must be valuable, because they are chained to electric poles. … Continue reading
The Crystal Lake Planning and Zoning Commission gave preliminary approval to Metra’s proposed Ridgefield Train Station, but conditioned it on making multi-million dollar road improvements recommended by city engineering firm Patrick Engineering. The improvements, most overdue, according to Patrick engineers … Continue reading