Port Authority Updates Its Progress at
the World Trade Center Site
The 2nd Quarter of 2010 continued to see important progress on the 9/11 Memorial, One World Trade Center (1 WTC), the World Trade Center Transportation Hub and the other public infrastructure the Port Authority is responsible for building. Specifically, construction of the Memorial Plaza and fountains advanced significantly, with our construction team finding ways to accelerate this work by capturing more Plaza area through revised logistical planning. 1 WTC reached the 28th floor (and is now at the 36th floor and rising), with coordinated steel and concrete work now progressing at a rate consistent with the building’s overall schedule. And, perhaps most importantly, critical steel was fabricated, delivered and installed for the WTC Transportation Hub, meeting a key milestone for the erection of the Memorial’s Pavilion steel, which we noted in our last quarterly update faced significant risk.
Also during the 2nd Quarter of 2010, the Port Authority and Silverstein Properties continued toward finalizing the development plan we announced in March for the east side of the World Trade Center site. The plan provides greater certainty over the development of this space by calling for the immediate restoration of the east side of the site to at least street level, the completion of Tower 4 by 2013, and the phase in of Towers 2 and 3 over time as market conditions permit. We very much look forward to this productive new partnership and the progress it will bring to the site.
Overall this past quarter, we hit 12 of 17 milestones. Most of the missed milestones relate to the re-sequencing of work and will not result in a delay to the project’s critical path.
Previous Reports
First Quarter 2010 report (PDF)
Fourth Quarter 2009 report (PDF)
Third Quarter 2009 report (PDF)
Second Quarter 2009 report (PDF)
First Quarter 2009 report (PDF)
Fourth Quarter 2008 report (PDF)
Legislative Correspondence
Chris Ward testimony, New York State Senate, 9/9/09 (PDF)
Chris Ward testimony, New York City Council, 8/19/09 (PDF)
