Officials Eye Massive Amounts of Construction for Manhattan
Work could begin as soon as next year on segments of a $5-billion transportation plan outlined by New York Gov. George Pataki (R). In a Feb. 6 letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency head Joseph Allbaugh and Federal Transit Administration head Jennifer Dorn, Pataki reiterated the need to fund projects such as the Ground Zero hub, a series of ferry terminals and new decking on the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel for a park and residential area.
"The governor has included all the things that we wanted," says a Port Authority of New York & New Jersey official. A $2-billion transportation hub underneath Ground Zero could begin preliminary design this year.