Cali’s mobility department announced at 10:29 p.m. on August 11 that the city’s pico y placa last-digit traffic restriction would be temporarily expanded from Wednesday, August 12, through Saturday, August 15, between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. The even-odd scheme is intended to make it easier for rescue teams to move after the earthquake.
Four days of alternating traffic restrictions
On Wednesday, August 12, and Friday, August 14, vehicles with plates ending in 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8 may not circulate during the announced hours. On Thursday, August 13, and Saturday, August 15, the restriction covers plates ending in 1, 3, 5, 7 or 9.
The rule also applies to hybrid and electric vehicles. It covers vehicles travelling in Cali and those entering or leaving the urban perimeter.
Published exemptions
The municipal notice exempts official, emergency and disaster vehicles, vehicles operated by health providers, those carrying people with disabilities or reduced mobility, public security vehicles and cargo vehicles weighing at least five tons.
It also lists operational vehicles used by the mobility department, vehicle inspection centres, Invías, security and justice services, ICBF, NGOs, infrastructure and public health, as well as vehicles used by essential-service staff in water, power, telephone and waste collection.
Four people rescued alive, according to the mayor
At 10:51 p.m., Alejandro Eder said four people had been rescued alive in Cali during August 11. His post does not identify them or provide the locations and individual times of the rescues.
The mayor said searches were continuing and called on residents to help rescue teams move. He referred to making the most of a 36-to-48-hour window; that duration remains the mayor’s assessment, not a general medical guarantee.
Tolls that cannot be added without a shared scope
Municipal Situation Report 4, with a 7:30 p.m. cutoff, recorded 74 deaths, 84 people rescued, 107 collapsed buildings and 643 buildings with structural damage. It has not been established whether the four rescues mentioned at 10:51 p.m. were already included in the figure of 84.
That municipal record remains separate from the national toll presented earlier by the president: 181 deaths, 2,595 injured and 195 missing. The mobility announcements do not include a new consolidated national toll.
Two announcements placed at their publication times
The mobility department’s announcement was published at 10:29 p.m. and appears at 10:30 p.m. in the timeline. The mayor’s post was published at 10:51 p.m. and appears at 11 p.m.
Neither post identifies the number of a regulatory instrument or enforcement arrangements. Drivers should follow municipal channels for clarifications or corrections before the announced 6 a.m. start.