Houston officials plan to offset a $100 million hit to the city’s budget in a recent legal ruling by using cash from the Metropolitan Transit Authority to spend more money on streets and drainage. The move comes after the Texas Supreme Court on Friday denied the city’s appeal in a longstanding lawsuit filed by two engineers who pioneered a city charter amendment requiring more money be placed toward streets and drainage.

Houston’s top financial officer said before this decision, the city was already staring down a deficit that spans hundreds of millions of dollars.