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BIG DAY: 9/11/11
By TOM TOPOUSIS
January 30, 2009
The World Trade Center Memorial will be open to the public by the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks - and it will remain open afterward, even as construction continues on the project, officials said yesterday.
In his strongest words to date, Port Authority Executive Director Chris Ward told a state Assembly hearing on the World Trade Center that the opening of the memorial by the 2011 anniversary wouldn't be just a one-day event, as had been feared.
"The memorial will remain open to some form of public access," Ward said.
Key components of the memorial - the plaza, reflecting pools, waterfalls and parapets with the names of victims inscribed - will be in place, Ward said. The amount of landscaping will depend on how much construction remains.