Welcome! The Lake County Division of Transportation (LCDOT) is studying potential improvements to the areas surrounding the Old McHenry Road and Canadian National (CN) Railroad Crossing and along Quentin Road. Four highly traveled regional highways converging to this area, frequent trains and three closely spaced intersections along Old McHenry Road have led to high traffic volumes and delays. Approximately 25,000 vehicles pass through the corridor each day and nearly 370 crashes have occurred in this area over the last five years. For these reasons, this corridor has been identified in the Lake County 2040 Transportation Plan, which recommends improvements necessary to address the future transportation needs of Lake County.

LCDOT seeks to improve safety, traffic operations and connectivity for motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians within and surrounding the Old McHenry Road and CN Railroad area and along Quentin Road. The project will evaluate the feasibility of constructing a new grade separation at the CN Railroad tracks, meaning motorists will not have to sit and wait for the nearly 20 trains that pass through each day.

We want to hear from you! Please use this mapping tool to share your ideas for improving Old McHenry Crossings. Choose one or more of the pin categories and drag and drop onto the location you'd like to comment on.

To learn more and sign up for project updates, visit omxproject.com. 

Note: Special thanks to everyone who took part in the Virtual Public Forum, which was open from September 30th to October 15th. We value and appreciate the insights, concerns, and ideas shared from all community members. At this time, the project team has collected and is summarizing the inputs received. A summary will be posted back to the project website. In the meantime, community feedback is still welcome and encouraged!

-Thanks again from LCDOT and the Project Team