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Steel for the 105-story One World Trade Center, formerly known as the Freedom Tower, is erected to the 36th floor. The 54 arches of the 800,000-sq-ft Transportation Hub, informally known as the PATH station, have been installed. Steel is erected to the fourth floor of the eventual 975-ft-tall Tower 4. And the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum is on course to open on the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks that rocked New York City and the world nine years ago. But the real progress is, after lots of delays and contentious disagreements, an agreed-upon plan to go forward to complete the WTC redevelopment by 2013.
The Congressional Budget Office has revised its estimate of the total cost of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to $814 billion. That's up from CBO's original $787-billion figure, but down from its January 2010 estimate of $862 billion.
The Dept. of Veterans Affairs committed all of its $1.8 billion in economic-stimulus funds by July 31, the department has reported. Much of the money has gone for upgrades to its network of health-care facilities around the country.
The new federal requirement that all crane operators be tested to a national standard barely passed through heated negotiations. Should the industry stop there or take it to a higher level?
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood expects about 20 TIGER grant projects to be under construction this construction season. A handful of high-speed-rail projects also are under way.
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