Overview
- Municipal authorities reactivated plate-based weekday restrictions on Oct. 6 under Ordinance No. 927, limiting vehicle entry to the Centro Histórico from 6:00 to 22:00 within a defined perimeter.
- Enforcement now includes a formal exemption for taxis with valid Setare authorization, adding to existing exceptions for emergency services, regulated urban transport, tourist and school units, official vehicles, and utility crews.
- Sixty-seven municipal inspectors are stationed at 14 entry points, though reporters observed some restricted plates entering via streets such as Ugarte and San José.
- The city opened an online permit system for residents and workers inside the zone, issuing temporary credentials by email and a physical card after verification in roughly five days.
- Traffic fines remain under the authority of the National Police, while the municipality applies administrative measures, and new steps include tow operations, traffic cones, coordinated checkpoints, and a pilot of camera-based citations at Siglo XX with Corbacho and La Marina with Ugarte.