Port Authority Updates Its Progress at
the World Trade Center Site
The 1st Quarter of 2010 continued to see important progress on the 9/11 Memorial, One World Trade Center (1WTC), the World Trade Center Transportation Hub and the other public infrastructure the Port Authority is responsible for building. Specifically, the Port Authority reached the substantial completion of steel erection for the 9/11 Memorial plaza and poured nearly two-thirds of the concrete for the Memorial structure, using nearly 1,000 concrete trucks during this past quarter. One World Trade Center reached the 22nd floor for steel erection and is now up to the 26th floor, climbing each day. And the largest crawler crane in New York City has been positioned in the East Bathtub in anticipation of the major shipments of steel for the WTC Transportation Hub.
Most significantly, during the 1st Quarter of 2010 (March 25, 2010), the Port Authority and Silverstein Properties announced a development plan 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. The parties are currently negotiating the agreements required to implement this development plan.
Overall, the Port Authority hit 13 of 17 milestones during the 1st Quarter of 2010. Importantly, most of these milestones relate to the re-sequencing of work and will not result in a delay to the project’s critical path.
Previous Reports
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)
