To the Editor:

The Illinois Department of Transportation has planned an open house public meeting at the McHenry County College Shah Center Route 31 and Shamrock Drive) at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, soliciting public opinion on major improvements to a large section of Route 31 between Route 176 in Crystal Lake and Route 120 in McHenry.

Presentation of provocative downtown intersection configurations will be presented. The most extreme proposed configuration includes potential restrictions on access to our banking office at Front and Elm (Route 120) in McHenry. Last year, McHenry County and IDOT approved crippling roadway modifications, radically restricting access to our banking office at 612 S. Route 31, just south of Bull Valley Road.