McHenry County Safety Action Plan
Safe Travel for All update, June 2025:
McHenry County has completed its safety action plan and passed a resolution to support traffic safety improvements. The plan is a roadmap for improving traffic safety by reducing the risk of death and serious injury on roadways, particularly for people walking and biking, and for communities with disproportionately excessive crash rates.
The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning’s (CMAP) Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Committee adopted the plan on May 30, 2025 and has committed to achieving safety goals for the region. The McHenry County Safety Action Plan qualifies local governments in the county to apply for federal Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) implementation funding.
View the final plan and appendix.
Actualización de Viajes Seguros para Todos, junio de 2025:
El condado de McHenry ha finalizado su plan de acción para la seguridad vial y ha aprobado una resolución para respaldar mejoras en la seguridad vial. Este plan es una hoja de ruta para mejorar la seguridad en las vías al reducir el riesgo de muertes y lesiones graves, especialmente para peatones, ciclistas y comunidades con tasas desproporcionadamente altas de siniestros viales.
El Comité de Políticas de la Organización de Planificación Metropolitana (MPO, por sus siglas en inglés) de la Agencia Metropolitana de Chicago para la Planificación (CMAP, por sus siglas en inglés) adoptó el plan el 30 de mayo de 2025 y se ha comprometido a cumplir con los objetivos de seguridad de la región. El Plan de Acción para la Seguridad del Condado de McHenry califica a los gobiernos locales del condado para solicitar fondos federales de implementación del programa Calles y Carreteras Seguros para Todos (SS4A, por sus siglas en inglés).
Ver el plan final y el apéndice.
Comment Submission // Envío de Comentarios
The City of Crystal Lake is allowing NVA Transportation (located on Sands Rd) to expand their business to 275+ semi tractor trucks despite the Planning & Zoning Board as well as the City Council voting unanimously last year to deny their request for rezoning, stating it was the wrong place for a truck terminal. NVA property borders unincorporated residential property which have no sidewalks. Trucks routinely drive through the residential neighborhood.
I concur with others who brought up the fact that there is no safe way to get from Cardinal drive to Route 31 on Edgewood Drive. A beautiful bike trail takes you right there and then there is nothing. To safely cross Route 31 on Edgewood, you need the traffic light at that corner. It's very frustrating when you are trying to get to Dairy Queen (or other restaurants) with your kids on your bikes. Also, you need to cross the road there to pick up the Fox Valley Trailhead down the road.
The intersection of Ackman Road and Huntley Road is extremely busy and very dangerous.
The single stop sign on Ackman is obsolete and is definitely not an efficient way to control it's traffic.
There is a great need for a traffic light to control the ever growing number of vehicles using this intersection.
Route 14/Main Street curve by the Cary Metra Station is a nightmare. Inattentive/unaware drivers are causing frequent accidents at that stretch of road. It needs barriers to separate the lanes of traffic.
The bike trail going south from downtown Crystal Lake has become unsafe for walkers & runners. A dramatic increase of unsafe bikers, E-bikes & E scooters at high rates of speed and passing without the common sense to say “on your left” or give any warning or indication they are there. I brought the to the attention of 2 MCCD Police officers and was told it is known and speed limit signs are being placed. I appreciate this effort but unfortunately it’s a bandaid on a lager problem.
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