From the McHenry County Department of Transportation: Starting Wednesday, December 5th, there will be lane closures between approximately 7:00 am and 4:00 pm on Randall Rd. just north of Algonquin Rd. These closures are to facilitate increasing the left turn … Continue reading
Category Archives: Randall Road
From the McHenry County Department of Transportation (Randall Road web site): The temporary traffic signals at Bunker Hill/Huntington and Randall Road, as well as the temporary traffic signal at Algonquin and Randall Road will be activated Tuesday, November 13. These … Continue reading
A press release from McHenry County Coroner Anne Majewski: McHenry County Coroner, Dr. Anne Majewski, announced this morning that her office is investigating the death of a pedestrian struck by two motor vehicles as he was walking across Randall Road … Continue reading
A press release from the Crystal Lake Police Department: Pedestrian Struck and Killed The Crystal Lake Police Department and the McHenry County Coroner’s Office are investigating the death of a 38-year-old male pedestrian, a resident of Mahomet, Illinois, who was … Continue reading
From the McHenry County Department of Transportation: Project Update 08/27/2018 NICOR, ComEd and ATT utility relocations are scheduled to begin in mid-September, continuing through the winter and into spring of 2019. The County and construction contractor representatives have been meeting … Continue reading
Cassandra was a Greek goddess who could predict the future, but who could do nothing to change it. That came to mind when I read of the accident at Randall Road and Alexandra Boulevard on Saturday. When that part of … Continue reading
A press release from CLPD: Crystal Lake Police Investigate Traffic Crash On Friday, March 30th, 2018, at approximately 6:45AM, Crystal Lake Police and Fire/Rescue, assisted by the Lake in the Hills Police Department, responded to the intersection of Randall Road … Continue reading
$23,248,831 in Federal Funds to be Discussed During Routine Consent Agenda On the February 8th routine consent agenda for the Finance and Audit Committee is a resolution to consider approving an intergovernmental agreement with the State of Illinois for federal … Continue reading
A comment from “Just Some Guy:” Steve – While I agree that everything you’ve said sounds correct statistically, in my opinion, we need to dig deeper in the analysis and additionally we need a chart showing the traffic load for … Continue reading
Commenter “Pro” wrote: “Figures from the McHenry County Division of Transportation show that, even at rush hour, traffic on Randall Road at Algonquin does not exceed capacity, nor has traffic on that part of Randall grown in more than twelve … Continue reading
The following letter was first printed in the Northwest Herald. It is published here with the permission of author Steve Willson. Randall Road Waste Figures from the McHenry County Division of Transportation show that, even at rush hour, traffic on … Continue reading
A press release from the Crystal Lake Police Department: Crystal Lake Police Investigate Fatal Traffic Crash On Sunday, September 24, 2017, at approximately 8:50 pm, Crystal Lake Police and Fire/Rescue responded to the intersection of Virginia Road and Rakow Road … Continue reading
Below is the summary provided legislators of Senate Bill 1518, a bill sponsored by McHenry County legislators State Senator Pam Althoff and State Rep. Barb Wheeler. [The duplicative language has been removed, but may be seen at the link above.] … Continue reading
The McHenry County Department of Transportation seeks approval to condemn property for highway improvements using what is called “quick take.” Quick take allows governments to seize property and argue what it is worth later in court. River Road at Dowell … Continue reading
An analysis of the need for improving the intersection of Randall and Algonquin Roads by bond analyst Steve Willson, a resident of Lakewood: Randall/Algonquin: How Big and How Much? The decision as to whether or by how much the Randall/Algonquin … Continue reading
The following was written by McHenry County Board member Donna Kurtz: WHY FIXING RANDALL ROAD / ALGONQUIN ROAD INTERSECTION AREA MATTERS Most will agree that the Randall and Algonquin Roads intersection and surrounding area is a significant congestion problem for … Continue reading
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
An online poll was conducted by the Northwest Herald on Wednesday asking whether readers agreed with the McHenry County Board’s authorizing land acquisition for improving Randall Road. The results in the afternoon were No – 52% Yes – 32% Undecided … Continue reading