By Steve Zalusky | Daily Herald
More than two years since the death of Barrington High School student Marin Lacson, Barrington community members are still waiting for pedestrian safety gates at the Hough Street crossing where she was killed.
Barrington officials, however, insist the project is proceeding, even though the village has filed for a six-month extension of its interim order with the Illinois Commerce Commission, which is hearing the petition of the village and the Illinois Department of Transportation.
“I would say that we see continuous movement, at all of our status hearings,” Deputy Village Manager Marie Hansen said. “Whether or not that movement is as much as we would like.”
But she added the village does not control the review and approval process.
The request to extend the June 18 deadline to Dec. 18, officials said, is to make sure the village remains eligible to receive reimbursement from the state for engineering and design work at the Union Pacific crossings receiving the gates — Hough Street, Main Street, Cook Street and Hillside Avenue.
Village officials say they have spent their own funds to help move the project forward.
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