After several pieces of transit infrastructure in Lower Manhattan were destroyed or severely damaged during the September 11, 2001, attacks, officials proposed a $7 billion redesign of transit in the neighborhood. By April 2003, the MTA had released preliminary plans for a $750 million transit hub at Fulton Street, connecting six subway stations and constructing a new head house and the Dey Street Passageway. In December 2003, the Federal Transit Administration allocated the Fulton Street Transit Center (later the Fulton Center) $750 million. The transit center would be financed using money from the September 11 recovery fund. By May 2006, the budget had grown and the project had been was delayed. Further delays and costs were incurred in February 2007. To remedy the overrun, the MTA downsized the original plans for the transit center. Subsequently, the MTA used 2009 federal stimulus money to help fund the project. In January 2009, the MTA received $497 million in additional stimulus money, bringing the total cost of the Fulton Street Transit Center to $1.4 billion.