Work is underway at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum to create a site honoring rescue, recovery and relief workers as well as survivors and downtown residents who got sick or died from 9/11-related illnesses.

The tribute will be located at the Memorial Glade at Liberty and West streets. It will include a path lined with six stone monoliths pointing toward the sky that “are worn, but not beaten, symbolizing strength and determination through adversity,” according to the museum.

The Canadian granite slabs, weighing as much as 17.5 tons, will incorporate steel fragments from the World Trade Center.

The plan was done by Michael Arad and Peter Walker who designed the 9/11 memorial.

John Feal, an advocate for WTC responders, said he first broached the idea with the museum in 2014, and it was reluctant to jump on board.

“I think they know the importance of this now,” he said. “The museum has a responsibility to tell the story of 9/11 and it also has a responsibility to tell the story of what happened post 9/11.”

Feal said a meeting was scheduled this week to work out the language for a plaque or sign at the glade.

The site will not include the names of those who died from 9/11-related illnesses. Feal has created his own tribute wall with names at a Long Island park.

The memorial will cost $5 million, with $500,000 coming from the state. Bloomberg Philanthropies will make an unspecified donation. Former “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart, a museum board member, is helping to lead a fund-raising campaign.

A museum spokesman could not say how much has been raised.

The glade is to be finished by May 30, which will mark the 17th anniversary of the end of the recovery effort.