Timetable changes for rebuilding tower
Published:Tuesday | July 1, 2008 | 3:29 PM
The owner of the World Trade Center in the United States abandoned the timetable for rebuilding work at the site of the 9/11 attacks, saying it was not realistic.
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Executive Director, Christopher Ward listed over a dozen issues that had slowed work and raised costs.
New dates for the completion of a memorial skyscraper and a transit hub are to be issued in September.
Its unclear if the centrepiece Freedom Tower will now be scaled back.
The tower, intended as a replacement for the destroyed Twin Towers, had been scheduled for completion in 2006 and then 2011, but the latest estimate is 2013.
It is expected to be the tallest building in the US at 1,776 feet.