Some of the roads in McHenry County are, shall we say, less than in the prime of their lives. They have potholes. They have cracks. With stop-gap repairs, they may have bumps built on bumps of asphalt. While it’s uncomfortable driving on a bad stretch of road, such as that, there’s more to it than just comfort; it’s also a matter of cost and safety. If you drove your car on a perfectly smooth

The roads in McHenry County are best described as stretches of lunar landscape. Whether from Richmond to Ringwood, Woodstock to Wonder Lake or McHenry to Johnsburg: winters are rough on roads here in the Midwest but this winter more than most.  The bitter cold forces the concrete and asphalt to contract. Then, the ice and snow moves in to pry the broken surface further apart. Holes and cracks