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Watch for one-lane road work on Route 176 By KEVIN P. CRAVER kcraver@shawmedia.com We start this week’s Detour installment with progress on a bridge for all of you walkers, runners and bicyclists. • PRAIRIE TRAIL: Word comes that the section of the Prairie Trail between Crystal Lake and Algonquin could be reopened by next month. It’s been closed so workers can replace a bridge over a small
creek north of Meyer Drive. • ROUTE 176: Ongoing road work has a small section of Route 176 between Woodstock and Marengo down to one lane. Watch for workers. • INTERSTATE 90: Traffic shifts are scheduled through the month to put Interstate-90 traffic onto eastbound lanes so that work can begin next year on the westbound lanes. Shifts are taking place at the Marengo Toll Plaza, a 5-mile stretch near Elgin and
a 7-mile stretch near Belvidere. The new lanes are part of a $2.2 billion rebuilding and widening project between Rockford and Elgin, the first phase of which is wrapping up this construction season. Westbound lanes will be widened next year, and the process will be repeated in 2015 and 2016 for I-90 between Elgin and Chicago. • JOHNSBURG ROAD: Watch for workers as the project
enters its final month. Work this week includes new traffic signals and light poles, new sidewalks and landscaping. Only westbound traffic is allowed to travel along the road from Chapel Hill Road to Cherokee Drive. Eastbound traffic is being rerouted through a Route 31, Route 120, Chapel Hill Road detour. • ALGONQUIN WESTERN BYPASS: Watch for workers and delays as workers continue
a $33 million project to build a 2-mile, four-lane highway west of downtown Algonquin to relieve congestion on Route 31. Watch for workers and lane closures along Route 31 and Main Street. Huntington Drive will remain closed between Circle Drive and South Main Street through next summer. A detour to Edgewood Drive is posted. • READ ALL ABOUT IT: You
can sign up at NWHerald.com/ newsletter to get a weekly email update on road projects throughout construction season. You also can find updates online at NWHerald. com/construction.
Sources: McHenry County Division of Transportation, Village of Algonquin, Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois Toll Highway Authority, McHenry County Conservation District
Prairie Ridge students ready for football game New intersection about 90 percent done • BYPASS Continued from page B1 There are certain parts of the project that are almost done or already completed. The new intersection of Route 31 and Main Street/ Quarry Access Road is about 90 percent done, IDOT said.
The new Quarry Access Road has been completed, but final surfacing remains. Retaining wall work near Edgewood Drive is near completion, and the new rightturn lane for southbound Route 31 to westbound Edgewood Drive is being constructed. As part of the project, the
village had to close Towne Park to allow for construction of the bypass. Workers have completed the Crystal Creek realignment. There is still work to be done on the construction of the three bridges over Crystal Creek as well as various retaining walls.
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Prairie Ridge juniors Brandon Kwiatkowski, 16, and Sam Wheeland, 16, throw baby powder as Prairie Ridge takes the field for a homecoming football game Friday against Dundee-Crown at Prairie Ridge High School in Crystal Lake. Prairie Ridge defeated Dundee-Crown, 42-0.
8LOCAL BRIEF Lunch and Learn event set at Colonel Palmer House CRYSTAL LAKE – A Lunch and Learn event will be from noon to 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Colonel Palmer House, 660 E. Terra Cotta Ave. McHenry County historian Craig Pfannkuche will reveal the secrets to “Digging Grandma’s Privy.” Pfannkuche’s presentation
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will explain how individuals can trace the history of McHenry County settlers. Who once lived on the farms and homesteads that originally existed here? Unfortunately, the descriptive records of their lives cannot be found in surviving paper records. Where can data be found? Historians have found some answers by “Digging Grandma’s Privy.”
The Lunch and Learn program fee is $15 for nonresidents and $10 for residents. The cost includes a boxed lunch. Registration is required through the Crystal Lake Park District at 815-459-0608 or crystallakeparks.org. For information, contact Mary Ott at palmerhouse@crystallakeparks.org or 815-477-5873. – Northwest Herald
Closed-door meeting policy reviewed • D-46 Continued from page B1 The board has been reviewing its policy on closed-session minutes after the Northwest Herald requested the Illinois Attorney General’s Office review several of the district’s meetings for Open Meetings Act violations. The Attorney General’s Office denied the request because state law requires chal-
On the Net To view the minutes, go to www. dist46.org and click on the “School Board” link. lenges to be filed within 60 days of the violation. The disparity between the Open Meetings Act timeline and another state law, which requires local governments to review minutes from their closed-door meetings every
six months, surprised board President Margaret Ponga. She proposed that the board review closed-session minutes every two months instead of the six months required by state law, and the board passed the policy change at its Sept. 10 meeting. The board also discussed posting its board packets, monthly bills and treasurer’s reports on the district’s website after meetings.
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