Elizabeth Berger, president of the Downtown Alliance says thatthe report is "a welcome new road map for rebuilding the WTC site."She explains that the agency has taken a practical approach andafter several months of analysis, "have proposed what they believeis an achievable timetable, starting with the Memorial butincluding many key project elements."
[IMGCAP(2)]The report set a new timetable for completion of OneWorld Trade Center, the Freedom Tower and the site's entire publicinfrastructure. One World Trade Center, the Freedom Tower, isscheduled for completion between the second and fourth quarters of2013, at a cost of $3.1 billion. The World Trade Center MemorialPlaza, including the inscribed names of the victims from theattacks on 9/11, and Feb. 26, 1993, is scheduled for completion bySept. 11, 2011. Some street-level landscaping will be completedlater. The underground museum portion of the project will becompleted between the first and second quarters of 2013. The WTCTransportation Hub will be completed between the fourth quarter of2013 and the second quarter of 2014, at a cost of $3.2 billion. Anew Greenwich Street--the front door to Towers 2, 3 and 4, and akey access point to the Memorial--will be completed between thesecond and fourth quarters of 2012, years before the Port Authorityanticipated. The Vehicle Security Center, which will serve as theunderground access point for the commercial development on thesite, will be completed between the first and third quarters of2012, at a cost of $633 million.
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