By Steve Zalusky | Daily Herald
The Motor Werks auto dealership’s proposed expansion of its Barrington campus will undergo further scrutiny by village officials and residents next week.
The plan commission will reconvene Sept. 30 as it considers the proposal, which calls for the new Porsche facility, a parking garage with restaurant and retail elements, an expanded showroom and another high-end dealership to the site on Dundee Road between Barrington Road and Grove Avenue.
The site plan for the proposed expansion of the Motor Werks of Barrington campus. | Courtesy of Barrington
The proposal has met with vocal opposition from residents of the surrounding neighborhoods in Barrington and Inverness, many of whom attended the commission’s meeting last week.
They shared frustrations with disturbances associated with trucks delivering cars and car alarms going off in the dealership’s parking lot.
Commission Chair Anna Markley Bush added to the complaints.
“I’m one of those people who lives in that neighborhood, and I am here to tell you that every morning there’s a truck someplace. And they do make noise at night, and the brakes do squeal,” she said.
She also recalled how someone test driving a Mercedes convertible through the Park Barrington subdivision at about 60 mph almost hit her husband and their dog (oops!).
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