Passenger Trains > "PATH World Trade Center rail station plans revised"

July 1 news blurb from RAILWAY AGE Magazine:
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PATH World Trade Center rail station plans revised

Add PATH's World Trade Center station to the list of New York City-area rail projects being scaled back due to budgetary constraints. The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey announced July 1 that the station's construction, featuring a "winged roof" architectural element designed by Santiago Calatrava, will no longer be built to allow the roof to open.

PA Executive Director Chris Ward said the roof's overall appearance would remain even though the wings and roof will no longer open. "This is a tough choice, but it is the right choice," said Ward in a prepared statement "It's reflective of the kinds of choices we simply must make in the coming weeks and months if we are to establish priorities and milestones, to which we can be held accountable." Ward offered no estimate of cost savings.

The adjustment to plans for the station are part of a larger re-evaluation of cost overruns at the entire World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan. The PA hopes to offer a revised plan for the area by Sept. 30.