McHenry County roads and bridges
A road, bridge, path, or pipeline project can affect a home, business, farm, or future development parcel in very different ways. Cacciatore Law Group helps McHenry County owners understand the rights requested and pursue the value of everything the project changes.
Why owners contact us
McHenry County acquisition can reach a home setback, customer entrance, farm drainage system, or development layout. Cacciatore Law Group represents the owner and works with the facts that drive that property's value. Those facts can include access, soil and drainage, improvements, easement restrictions, parcel division, zoning, and damage to the remaining land.
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Detailed design and land acquisition can move forward together. Owners should understand fee acquisition, permanent easements, temporary workspace, survey access, restoration obligations, and limits on future use before agreeing to terms.
Active projects and owner concerns
Current county sources show construction, design, and preliminary engineering moving at the same time. The project phase helps explain what information may still change.
Under construction in 2026
McHenry County is rehabilitating the south bridge over the Fox River. The County reports a bridge-deck replacement and staged traffic using the northern structure during the work.
Bridge work can require construction access, staging areas, traffic changes, and utility coordination near riverfront and approach properties.
Phase II design beginning in 2026
The project addresses Lakewood Road at Miller Road and bicycle and pedestrian accommodations along the corridor. Phase I is complete, detailed design begins in 2026, and construction is anticipated later.
Intersection design and a corridor path can require frontage, corner area, drainage changes, and permanent or temporary easements.
FERC application filed in July 2026
Guardian proposes about 25.5 miles of new 36-inch pipeline loop in DeKalb and McHenry Counties, generally parallel to its existing right-of-way. The company proposes construction beginning in September 2027 and service in November 2028, subject to regulatory approvals.
Landowners may be asked about surveys, permanent easement rights, access roads, temporary workspace, drainage, crop loss, restoration, or compensation. A proposed parallel route can still create a substantial new burden on the affected property.
Project information checked against the linked public sources on August 18, 2026. Schedules, acquisition limits, and designs can change.
Project and agency sources
Representation extends to Crystal Lake, Algonquin, McHenry, Woodstock, Lake in the Hills, Cary, Huntley, Harvard, and the surrounding county.
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Before you sign
The documents should be evaluated as a single acquisition package, with attention to both the land requested and the property that remains.
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