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February 28, 2008
Pros fear new towers at World Trade Center site have security gaps
NY Daily News
by Greg B. Smith and Douglas Feiden
This eye-opening article from last Sunday's Daily News must've slipped by us like the Atlantic Yards security plan slipped by the NYPD.
Law enforcement officials have major concerns about security weaknesses in the planned World Trade Center complex, a Daily News investigation has found.
The potential problems expressed to the Port Authority and others involved in the most high-profile development project in New York City history include:
A row of three mostly glass towers positioned too closely to city streets, increasing their vulnerability to attack.
Difficulties in inspecting some 2,000 delivery trucks and sightseeing buses that will enter or leave the site daily.
A vehicle security center that hasn't been fully designed and relies on vehicle inspection technology that hasn't even been developed yet.
Asked about weaknesses uncovered by The News in the plans for rebuilding Ground Zero, Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Browne said, "The NYPD has been in talks with the Port Authority, but we don't disclose any information about possible security vulnerabilities for obvious reasons."
NoLandGrab: What is it about Atlantic Yards that makes what appears to be basically the exact same design different from the World Trade Center? Has WTC developer Larry Silverstein been tardy with his donations to Shelly Silver and the Assembly Democratic Campaign Committee?
Posted by eric at February 28, 2008 10:56 PM