Pataki Unveils $544-Mil PATH Project

NEW YORK CITY-Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials joined Governor George Pataki and Acting New Jersey Governor Donald T. DiFrancesco today in laying out a plan to restore PATH service to Lower Manhattan.

At a press conference this afternoon, Pataki said the Port Authority’s $544-million proposal calls for a temporary PATH station at the World Trade Center site to open within two years. Before the Sept. 11 bombings, the World Trade Center PATH station–the system’s busiest–accommodated 65,000 passengers per day.

“This initiative is a major step forward in a long-term program that will result not only in new and improved public transportation to and from Lower Manhattan, but also a downtown area that is even stronger and more dynamic,” Pataki said.