Algonquin Seeks Input on Downtown Plan
Residents have until Jan. 18 to comment on the village’s downtown plan.
The village has developed a Downtown Planning Study that outlines ideas for the future but wants residents’ input. The study outlines ideas for the village to take on different topics like transportation and transit, recreation and future development. One recommendation is having Algonquin post more speed signs along Route 31 and enforce traffic laws to send a message the roadway will become geared toward pedestrians once the Western Bypass is built. The bypass, current under construction, will help redirect traffic around Route 31. Additionally, the study recommends encouraging redevelopment of the northwest corner of Algonquin Road and Main Street as a mixed-use site or commercial mixed with residential. Algonquin officials are looking…
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Dave Knapp
11:22 am on Thursday, January 10, 2013
Downtown Algonquin has some great businesses that are suffocating due to lack of business. Construction for the bypass is partly to blame, but it's hard to shop on Main if there is no place to park. Downtown Dogs is, in my opinion, one of the best restaurants in McHenry County- but how can they thrive if nobody can get there? I think the first issue that needs to be addressed is parking and … more ›