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Barrington president says state signed underpass contract; village watching transit consolidation proposals
Summary
President Karen Darch announced the state signed the village’s underpass contract and said work could begin in February; she also flagged pending state legislative proposals about transit consolidation that may affect local transit funding.
President Karen Darch told the Barrington Village Board on Jan. 13 that the state has signed off on the village’s underpass contract and village staff expect work to begin in February. "The underpass contract was, having been signed off by the state is wonderful," Darch said. "So we will hopefully, we'll see something begin in February of work on that."
Darch also briefed the board on recent activity in the state legislature, saying the lame-duck session ended Jan. 7 and that proposals to address a projected transit funding shortfall — including ideas discussed in media reports about consolidating regional transit agencies — will be a topic in the new legislative session. Darch said those proposals are of interest to Barrington because the village’s residents rely on regional transit services.
The remarks came during the president’s report portion of the meeting; no vote or formal board direction on the underpass project or the state legislative proposals was recorded during the session. Darch referenced a newspaper article summarizing the proposed consolidation while noting legislators recognize there are issues with the plan. The meeting transcript does not include further technical details about the underpass work schedule, contract value or specific legislative bills.
