Thursday, March 28, 2013
The road will be closed until summer 2014.
If you think traffic in downtown Algonquin is bad, it's about to get worse with Huntington Drive closing and Route 31 down to one lane in some spots. For more updates follow Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Patch on Facebook. The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) will be closing Huntington Drive _ between Circle Drive and South Main Street _ next month for reconstruction and realignment of the new Route 31 Western bypass, officials said. Traffic will be detoured to and from Edgewood Drive, which reopened in November after months of construction, when Huntington Drive is closed, IDOT's website said. Huntington will be closed until summer 2014. There will be more delays when traffic on Algonquin Road will remain one lane in each …
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Fine for careless driving increases to $2,500.
Careless driving has long been on the books in Algonquin, but the ordinance is getting more bite with a substantial fee increase. The village board will vote on the measure at its regular board meeting Tuesday, Feb. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in village hall, 2200 Harnish Drive, Algonquin. Algonquin police suggested the amendment - which addresses the penalties - to the careless driving ordinance to make it more flexible in dealing with defendants, Police Chief Russell Laine said. Laine’s department makes solid DUI cases, he said. In the rare cases where driving under the influence charges are reduced to careless driving the amendment will allow judges to use penalties like those for DUI, he said. “We added provisions as part of the penalties,” …
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Village putting up new traffic signs at intersections all over town.
Drivers should pay extra attention while navigating Algonquin’s neighborhood streets because more stop and yield signs will be popping up throughout the village. Algonquin police and public works are putting up new stop or yield signs at more than two-dozen uncontrolled four-way intersections throughout the village. Police began taking a look at intersections after noticing crashes occurring in residential neighborhoods last summer, Algonquin Police Chief Russell B. Laine said. The department’s Traffic Safety Unit wanted to see if there was appropriate signage and do an inventory of where signs were posted, he said. What the unit found is 32 uncontrolled four-way intersections, including two where the crashes occurred, Laine said. …
Soonwinner
10:35 pm on Thursday, March 28, 2013
The whole WESTERN BYPASS project is a huge waste of money AND WILL NOT ALLEVIATE traffic through Algonquin. The very best solution is the continuation of RT 25 via a new river bridge to meet Klasen Road. But the McHenry County Board is afraid of a dozen homeowners in that path, some with huge political connections, and the very best solution will not happen. more ›