World Trade Center design flaw could cost millions

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Updated: January 31, 2012 10:35AM

NEW YORK — The agency building the new World Trade Center says a design flaw could cost it millions of dollars.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said Tuesday the loading dock under One World Trade Center won’t be finished in time for tenants to move their equipment into the tower. So it’s building five temporary loading bays above ground.

Port Authority Director Patrick Foye called it a mistake that should have been caught years ago.

It was first reported by the New York Post (http://nyp.st/yKYTgL ).

Other problems at the World Trade Center have included a dispute over the 9/11 museum and financial troubles of a company that is laying steel.

Foye said the Port Authority still expects the main tower to be completed by the end of 2013.