Q&A
Establishing a construction task force for the Port Authority Bus Terminal project
0:53:19
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Council Member Bottcher inquires about the establishment of a construction task force for the Port Authority Bus Terminal project. The Port Authority representatives commit to creating a task force modeled after the World Trade Center task force, including various stakeholders and a construction logistics office.
- Port Authority agrees to establish a construction task force
- Task force will include internal disciplines and external stakeholders
- Construction logistics office will be created to manage the process
Erik D. Bottcher
0:53:19
Thank you so much.
0:53:20
I wanna start by talking about, construction mitigation.
0:53:24
The construction period will obviously have a lot of impact on the surrounding community, and one of the requests of, the community board and the elected officials is the establishment of a port authority bus terminal construction task force that can be modeled after World Trade Center task force with representatives of various city agencies, community board 4.
0:53:56
Is this something that you'll commit to?
Glenn Guzzi
0:54:04
Council member, the quick answer is yes.
0:54:07
We certainly, and as you know, learned a lot through our work at rebuilding the World Trade Center, which, I have been part of since September 11, 2001.
0:54:19
So, we learned a lot of lessons as an agency of what is, expedient versus what is right, and we have made a commitment.
0:54:27
We are establishing a construction logistics office, which will include internal disciplines, whether it's traffic engineering, the contractors, our government affairs folks, and also external, relations relative to stakeholder engagement on a regular basis, so there are no surprises.
