Construction on 9/11 Memorial Set To Begin Despite Funding Shortfall
Construction On 9/11 Memorial Set To Begin Despite Funding Shortfall
Construction of the World Trade Center memorial and museum is set to begin Thursday.
The World Trade Center Memorial Foundation and the Port Authority say workers will begin drilling and excavation work for the footings of the memorial and museum.
Earlier this month, the New Jersey-based EE Cruz company was awarded a $17 million contract for the project.
Construction will start despite the $170 million the Foundation still needs to raise for the project. Plans for the memorial and museum were redesigned to fit within a $500 million budget after concerns over booming costs.
The Memorial is scheduled for completion in September 2009.
Meanwhile, a symbolic steel beam recovered from the World Trade Center site after 9/11 was returned to the site Wednesday to mark the fifth anniversary of the attacks.
The twisted beam is thought to be from the core of one of the towers. It was ceremoniously removed when recovery efforts at the site were finished.
It will become part of a new tribute center set to open next month. The center will be staffed by recovery workers, survivors and victims family members.
Construction of the World Trade Center memorial and museum is set to begin Thursday.
The World Trade Center Memorial Foundation and the Port Authority say workers will begin drilling and excavation work for the footings of the memorial and museum.
Earlier this month, the New Jersey-based EE Cruz company was awarded a $17 million contract for the project.
Construction will start despite the $170 million the Foundation still needs to raise for the project. Plans for the memorial and museum were redesigned to fit within a $500 million budget after concerns over booming costs.
The Memorial is scheduled for completion in September 2009.
Meanwhile, a symbolic steel beam recovered from the World Trade Center site after 9/11 was returned to the site Wednesday to mark the fifth anniversary of the attacks.
The twisted beam is thought to be from the core of one of the towers. It was ceremoniously removed when recovery efforts at the site were finished.
It will become part of a new tribute center set to open next month. The center will be staffed by recovery workers, survivors and victims family members.
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