Barrington officials have approved a study to create a grade separation where Main Street meets the Canadian National Railroad.
By Steve Zalusky | Daily Herald
Barrington is in the exploratory phase of a project that could improve safety at a railroad crossing near Barrington High School.
The village board Monday approved a more than $821,000 contract with Civiltech Engineering Inc. for a study of a grade separation where Main Street meets the Canadian National tracks.
It would be the village’s second grade separation project. Work is already underway on an underpass beneath the Canadian National Railway tracks on Route 14 between Valencia Avenue and Hough Street.
The village was already awarded $500,000 in federal funds, more than enough to cover the $425,000 cost of Civiltech’s study of a preferred alternative, Deputy Village Manager Marie Hansen said. The options are an overpass, an underpass or at-grade improvements.
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I’d be curious to know how much Barrington wasted fighting the Canadian National purchase of these tracks in ridiculous legal battles. Probably enough to have more than covered these costs. Other towns who didn’t engage in worthless legal battles received assistance in grade separation projects. Barrington, however, continues to throw good money after bad.