Mayor Bloomberg and the Governors Corzine and Spitzer need to stop the fees on the reconstruction of Lower Manhattan. This is hideous.

The reconstruction of Lower Manhattan is not standard issue construction for profit. It's a reconstruction after a traumatic event which required a great deal of public support. The project still isn't well funded and now to add insult to injury there are fines added to the construction costs.

This is simply outrageous. It adds pressure to the efforts to complete buildings which carry significant controversy. It's time to back off and allow the work to be done WELL rather than just 'on time.' The public doesn't need the added stress of fines to resolve the problems presented by the devastation that occurred to many that day.

This is the nation's reconstruction and not just NYC. If fees need to be charged then charge them to The Bush/Cheney Executive Branch for the lack of support NYC received in this reconstruction. Let Bush add the fees to his military budget !




January 11, 2008
The $250 Million East Bathtub at Ground Zero
An incessant din resounds for some 20 hours a day as hundreds of workers and mammoth mining machines excavate the foundations for two future office towers at Church Street between Liberty and Vesey Streets in Lower Manhattan. The pit is framed by 85-foot-tall concrete walls that hold the Hudson River at bay. Because a site preparation deadline was missed, every day of delay costs the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey $300,000 in penalties.