World Trade Center - Progress

A New Commitment to Accountability and Communication

The World Trade Center rebuilding effort is a project of unprecedented complexity, magnitude and meaning, and the Port Authority is committed to working together in partnership with the community and all stakeholders to get the job done.

We aren’t just rebuilding the World Trade Center. We’re rebuilding the World Trade Center community.

The following organizations and agencies are helping to lead this effort forward, into the future.

• New York City Police Department
• New York City Department of Transportation
• New York State Department of Transportation
  
  
• Governor David Paterson
• Governor Chris Christie
• Senator Charles Schumer
• Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
• United States Representative Jerry Nadler
• The Office of Mayor Michael Bloomberg
• New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver
• New York State Senator Daniel Squadron
• Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer
• New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn
• New York City Council Member Alan Gerson
• Community Board 1
  
  
• The National September 11 Memorial & Museum
• Lower Manhattan Construction Command Center
• Lower Manhattan Development Corporation
• Battery Park City Authority
• Downtown Alliance
• MTA/New York City Transit Authority
  
  
• Silverstein Properties, Inc.
• Brookfield Properties/World Financial Center
• World Financial Center
• Millennium Hilton Hotel
  
  
• American Express
• Goldman Sachs
• JP Morgan

A Roadmap Forward

Read The Port Authority's candid report on the path ahead at the new World Trade Center.

Download the report (PDF)

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Construction Status

• Installed 10,000 tons of steel and 80,000 cubic yards of concrete for Port Authority projects on the WTC site.
• Installed more than 7,500 tons of steel for the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.
• Over 51,000 cubic yards of concrete has been placed for One World Trade Center, which now rises 105 feet above street level.
• Over 2,300 cubic yards of concrete has been placed and 15 slurry panels have been completed to date for the new Vehicle Security Center.
• More than 1000 construction workers on site.
• 51 Calatrava arches have been installed for the East-West Connector of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub.

Green Construction Facts

• Recycled content building materials, including sustainably-harvested wood.
• Construction debris recycled.
• Construction vehicles use ultra-low sulfur diesel fuels and particulate filters.