September 12, 2007 - Progress on the Freedom Tower and other new World Trade Center structures was, for a long time, virtually nonexistent; plans were introduced, modified, and scrapped at a surprising pace. But work towards an agreed-upon goal is now well under way.

To anyone who’s seen the area, the activity is readily apparent. “Whereas last year, when only a handful of workers were in the Ground Zero pit many days, 600 construction workers work there each day,” notes Allan Drury for The Journal News.

“The tourists who peer through holes in the green covering on the fence surrounding the site have to raise their voices to be heard above the cacophony of jackhammers and cranes at the 16-acre site,” he then continues.

Developers have maintained that the construction is on schedule, and this should result in a 2012 completion date for the Freedom Tower. Other parts of the complex could be done as soon as 2009.

Although some controversy remains over the overall design of the area, many onlookers are relieved to these structures finally coming into being.

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