HOUSTON — The Houston Public Works Director Wednesday responded to a KHOU 11 investigation that exposed hundreds of non-working high mast lights along Houston highways.
“I don’t think any time the infrastructure we have is not working is an acceptable thing,” Director Randy Macchi said. “But it’s a matter of priorities in many instances, when you balance what the priorities for the city are, which is fixing our streets … high mast lights, they’re a priority, but they’re not going to be number one in those priorities.”
Over the course of two nights, KHOU 11 Investigates drove across Harris County and counted a total of 478 lights out. About 78%, 375 of those, are located within Houston city limits and are required to be maintained by the city under a 1963 agreement with TxDOT…