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Committee advances five-year transportation program, approves Lincoln Road speed reduction

McHenry County Transportation Committee · January 7, 2026
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The McHenry County Transportation Committee advanced a fiscally constrained five-year program and approved an altered speed zone on Lincoln Road while several other speed-zone proposals failed in committee. Staff said the county anticipates just over $196 million in revenue across five years.

The McHenry County Transportation Committee on [date of meeting recorded in the transcript] advanced the county's five-year transportation program and approved a change to the speed limit on Lincoln Road after staff outlined constrained revenues and shifting priorities.

The transportation planning manager told the committee the proposed five-year program forecasts "just above a $196,000,000 in terms of revenue over the next 5 years," but cautioned that engineering and construction costs continue to outpace revenue growth and that the program was roughly $2.2 million underprogrammed before accounting for other pending funding decisions. The presentation highlighted a Vermont Road safety project and a plan to implement a…

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