Washington, D.C's plan to offer residents free rides on Metro buses has hit a bump in the road due to a lack of funding.

The city's CFO Glen Lee recommended the program to be put on hold due to projected budget cuts, according to a quarterly report. Lee's recommendation comes only a few months after the Metro for D.C. bill was approved by the City Council in December, with the intention of making Metro buses free to ride by summer 2023, according to Axios.

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“I think that would be sad if they take away that funding or that program,” Victoria Hooper, a Metro passenger, told DC News Now. "That would be sad because, especially for other people, they need this transportation. Because it’s hard to get around in D.C. to all those places, especially the elderly."

The lack of funding needed for this program is being seen as the result of empty commercial buildings that have affected tax revenue.

Washington, D.C., councilman Charles Allen announced Wednesday that he and council Chairman Phil Mendelson want the council’s budget office and general counsel to look into Lee's report to find any projected revenue that may have been missed.

“As with every other line item in our budget, it’s the council’s job — not the CFO’s — to make policy decisions about how to spend our dollars,” Allen and Mendelson's statement read.

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After being passed by the City Council in December 2022, the program was made into law in January after Mayor Muriel Bowser took no action against it. On Tuesday, Bowser issued a statement that the city would have to make "even tougher choices" regarding its upcoming budget.

"Over the past three years, our city has faced and overcome unprecedented economic challenges," the statement read. "With the ongoing impacts of telework and national political uncertainties, we face another significant test to our local economy. Given these challenges, it would be fiscally irresponsible to try and tax our way to sustainable, long-term growth."