Houston Mayor John Whitmire pulled the plug on financing the colorful lights on the city’s Montrose bridges, claiming the funds could be used for better purposes, including his new homeless initiative.

The future of a planned lighting project for Montrose’s six bridges over U.S. 59 is starting to dim after Mayor John Whitmire’s administration pulled the plug on the city’s portion of the funds to make it happen.

Houston First, the organization responsible for maintaining the lights, had proposed allocating more than $2.5 million to bring them back. However, Mayor John Whitmire requested t