Port Authority of New York and New Jersey crews have been hard at work since fall 2006 building the “east bathtub” at the World Trade Center (WTC) site. Their progress is critical to the aggressive rebuilding timeline set forth by the state and city to rebuild the site’s 16 acres by 2012.
The plan required the Port Authority to prepare the bathtub’s southern portion by winter 2008 and the northern portion by mid-2008 -- including excavating, building the permanent slurry walls, and relocating utilities. From there, developer Silverstein Properties will take over the east bathtub to begin building World Trade Center Towers Two, Three, and Four. The new towers are scheduled to open by 2012.
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TRAFFIC NOTE: The western sidewalk of Church Street is closed between Liberty and Vesey Streets. The sidewalk closure protects pedestrians from heavy truck traffic at that area of the site, inside the fence. Traffic enforcement agents and construction flagpeople are on site to direct pedestrians and vehicles.
In September 2008, the Port Authority will move the Church Street fence east, occupying three of Church's five lanes.
*The following information was last updated on September 5, 2008.
Excavation of the Tower Two site through September 2008; crews are working double shifts
Concrete pours began at the Tower 4 site in July 2008
Major excavation of the south half of the east bathtub (sites of Towers Three and Four) from July 2007 through February 17, 2008; Silverstein Properties's construction team is mobilized and preliminary construction is underway
Structural support and excavation under the 1 train box, which runs through the WTC site along Greenwich Street
For more information about the World Trade Center site’s redevelopment and to contact the Port Authority, please visit its website at www.pathrestoration.com.
The agreement required the Port Authority to complete the sites for Towers Three and Four (from Liberty to Dey Streets) by winter 2008, and the Tower Two site (from Fulton to Vesey Streets) by mid-2008. Upon their completion, Silverstein Properties will take over to build the three new east towers by 2012.
The work consists of excavation, utility relocation, and slurry wall construction in the quadrant formed by Church, Liberty, Vesey, and the future restored Greenwich Street. All of the work will take place within the World Trade Center site’s perimeter fence.
The project involves careful coordination with other construction taking place in and around the bathtub, including that of the new WTC Transportation Hub and the Dey Street Pedestrian Concourse (which will link the Hub to the Fulton Street Transit Center in 2009). Structural work also is necessary around the 1 train tube, located under Greenwich Street in the center of the site, forming the bathtub’s western edge.
Crews also will begin work on the Vehicular Security Center (VSC) in 2008. The VSC will be the security checkpoint for all delivery, service, and other vehicles entering the WTC, as well as the eventual tour-bus parking area. Its entrance is planned for the south side of the site on Liberty Street between West and Greenwich Streets.
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