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The Holland Tunnel, which has remained closed to all but emergency vehicles since last week's terrorist attacks, could reopen by next week, a top Port Authority official said yesterday.
"I am hopeful it will be next week," said Ronald Shiftan, the authority's interim executive director.
An average of 100,000 vehicles travel through the Holland Tunnel on a typical weekday, said Pasquale DiFulco, an authority spokesman.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's 12-member board held its regular monthly meeting in midtown at the offices of the Empire State Development Corp. yesterday. The bistate agency that controls airports, bridges and tunnels in New York and New Jersey had held its meetings at One World Trade Center, where about 2,000 of its employees worked between the 61st and 74th floors.
The Port Authority has confirmed that six of its employees, , including two police officers, died in the attacks, and that 68 others are reported missing, including its executive director, Neil D. Levin. Board members held a moment of silence at yesterday's meeting, praying for those who are missing.
The board meeting lasted about half an hour. Shiftan and Port Authority chairman Lewis M. Eisenberg fielded questions from the media.
Shiftan said he has no estimate of how much revenue...