Each year the City of McHenry
engages in a five-year capital improvement programming process, which is reviewed
and updated by City staff and the City Council.
The purpose of capital improvement planning is to evaluate the City’s
existing infrastructure and capital needs; allocate money towards new capital
improvements and expenses (vehicles, equipment, etc.), seek grant and other
potential funding mechanisms to undertake infrastructure improvements as well
as ensure regular maintenance of existing infrastructure is undertaken.
Infrastructure planning and
maintenance as well as capital purchases are integral to the growth and development
of any community. The City of McHenry
spends a great deal of time and effort in planning and allocating dollars to
infrastructure and capital improvements, and I want to highlight a few such
projects.
PAINTING OF WATER TOWER IN ADAMS
COMMERCIAL CENTRE
The City owns and operates water and
wastewater utilities including: four
water treatment plants, ten commercial wells, four water storage tanks; two
wastewater treatment plants, (in process of decommissioning the Central
Wastewater Treatment Plant), 19 wastewater lift stations, more than 100 miles
of roadway and water and sewer mains and appurtenances.
Recently the City completed the painting
of the water tower in the Adams Commercial Centre, located north of Route 120
and east of the Fox River. The interior
of the water tower was sandblasted and repainted and the exterior was
power-washed and repainted. The project
cost was $284,600 and completed tower is depicted below.
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| Water Tower located in Adams Commercial Centre |
TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL AND ROADWAY
IMPROVEMENTS AT BULL VALLEY AND CURRAN ROAD
The City is responsible for maintaining more
than 120 miles of road rights-of-way.
Additionally, the City undertakes roadway improvement projects, such as
traffic signalization and/or roadway widening.
This year a traffic control signal and roadway widening project was
completed at Curran and Bull Valley Roads.
The City received more than $1,000,000 in
federal funding to complete the project which included resurfacing more than
5,200 feet of roadway, as well as roadway widening and traffic signal
installation. The completed project is
depicted below.
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| Intersection of Bull Valley and Curran Roads
CITYWIDE ROADWAY RESURFACING PROJECT
AND ROADWAY MAINTENANCE PROGRAM
In 2016 the City of McHenry completed a
$2,188,000 street resurfacing program.
Numerous roadways throughout the City were resurfaced. Additionally, the Lakeland Park Community Center
lot was resurfaced as well as the Petersen Park service road and $75,000 was
expended on sidewalk replacement throughout the City. The City of McHenry evaluates each road
within the City and ranks its condition to ascertain which roads should be
included in the resurfacing project.
This year the City of McHenry, through a joint
bid with the City of Woodstock and Villages of Cary and Algonquin also,
completed a roadway asphalt crack sealing program.
Additionally, the City of McHenry utilized a
product called reclamite and applied it to roads recently resurfaced, over the
past couple of years. By applying
reclamite the roadway life is extended five to seven years. Asphalt crack sealing and applying reclamite
are two proactive measures the City’s public works department utilizes to
assist in maintaining our roadway infrastructure.
MULTI-USE PATH AND TENNIS COURT
IMPROVEMENTS COMPLETED AROUND MUNICIPAL CENTER CAMPUS
If you’ve driven by the Municipal Center
or Recreation Center you probably noticed the recently completed multi-use
pedestrian/bike path. The path, depicted
below, connects and integrates the Municipal Center, Recreation Center, Knox
Park as well as the McHenry Skate Park.
The City received more than $350,000 in grant funding to complete this
path. Below are three sections of the path.
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Depicted below is a photograph of the
improvements completed to the Knox Park Tennis Courts.
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| Tennis Courts at Knox Park |
CONSOLIDATION OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH WASTEWATER
TREATMENT PLANTS
To the east of the Municipal
Center work continues on the consolidation of the City’s two wastewater
treatment plants. The construction of
the addition to the south wastewater treatment plant is depicted below. Additionally, the extension of a 24-inch
sanitary sewer force main, from the Central Wastewater Plant on Waukegan Road
to the South Wastewater Treatment Plant off of McHenry Avenue and north of
Charles J. Miller Road was recently completed.
The wastewater consolidation project will be completed in approximately
3-4 years after which the site on Waukegan Road can be redeveloped as part of
the City’s downtown revitalization efforts.
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| South Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion Under Construction |
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