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===Transportation Hub===
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A temporary PATH station opened in 2003 and construction on the permanent station was supposed to begin in fall 2004; however, the NYPD raised security concerns on the entire site. Among the revisions effecting the Transportation Hub was doubling the number of support columns.<ref name="Esquire Magazine" /> In the original plan, the construction of the 9/11 Memorial and Museum was only supposed to have begun after the Transportation Hub had been completed because the roof of the Transportation Hub provided the foundation on which the Memorial rested upon and the walls of the Museum.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.esquire.com/the-rebuilding/world-trade-center-memorial-0911 |title=The Truth About the World Trade Center |year=2011 |publisher=Esquire Magazine}}</ref> Due to the two-year delay and pressure by the victims' families to have the Memorial completed by the 10th anniversary, it was decided to concentrate on building the Memorial and holding off construction of the Transportation Hub,<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/393-08/mayor-bloomberg-new-plan-speed-rebuilding-world-trade-center-including-memorial- |title=Mayor Bloomberg Discusses New Plan to Speed Rebuilding of World Trade Center, Including Memorial, in Weekly Radio Address |date=October 5, 2008 |work=The official website of the City of New York |access-date=October 27, 2017 |archive-date=October 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027180559/http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/393-08/mayor-bloomberg-new-plan-speed-rebuilding-world-trade-center-including-memorial- |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/03/nyregion/the-4-billion-train-station-at-the-world-trade-center.html |title=How Cost of Train Station at World Trade Center Swelled to $4 Billion |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=December 2, 2014 |work=The New York Times|access-date=October 27, 2017 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> which increased costs.<ref name="Brenzel 2016">{{cite web |url=http://therealdeal.com/issues_articles/the-path-to-4-billion/ |title=The 'Path' to $4 billion |last=Brenzel |first=Kathryn |date=April 1, 2016 |website=The Real Deal New York|access-date=December 20, 2016}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> Construction finally began on the Transportation Hub in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.enr.com/articles/20535-port-authority-awards-largest-contract-yet-for-wtc-transit-hub |title=Port Authority Awards Largest Contract Yet For WTC Transit Hub |date=February 25, 2010 |website=ENR|access-date=December 19, 2016}}</ref> The hub formally opened on March 3, 2016, several years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lorenzetti |first=Laura |title=The World's Most Expensive Train Station Opens Today |website=Fortune |date=March 3, 2016 |url=http://fortune.com/2016/03/03/most-expensive-train-station/ | access-date=December 20, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Verrill |first=Courtney |title=New York City's $4 billion World Trade Center Transportation Hub is finally open to the public |website=Business Insider |date=March 4, 2016 |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/the-new-world-center-transportation-hub-2016-3 | access-date=December 20, 2016}}</ref>