BACOLOD City – The local government unit here will regulate the use of provincial car passes (PCP) in and out of the city starting April 22.
Mayor Evelio Leonardia issued over the weekend
Executive Order (EO) No. 31 enforcing an odd-even coding scheme to bearers of
PCP to control the number of vehicles entering and exiting the city.
“Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and I personally discussed and agreed on the essence
and features of this EO. I see this as a show of unity and respect that
will be mutually beneficial for us,” Leonardia said.
The odd-even scheme requires that cars with
plates ending in odd numbers (1, 3, 5, 7, or 9) shall be permitted entry/exit
on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, from 4 a.m. to 10 p.m. only,
while cars with plates ending in even numbers (0, 2, 4, 6, or 8) shall be
permitted on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays on the same aforesaid time.
No PCPs shall be honored on Sundays, except for granting courtesy of unhampered
passage to elected/appointive government officials of Negros Occidental and its
component local government units.
Leonardia’s directive also exempts government employees, medical/health or hospital workers, other frontliners, and employees of essential businesses residing outside of Bacolod City who need to report for work in the City, as well as workers who live in the city here and who have to work out-of-town.
Other exemptions also cover the movement of essential cargoes needed by the city and by those who live outside of Bacolod, which cargoes are free to come and go through check-up points seven days a week.
Special exemption was also granted to residents outside of the capital city who would need to purchase medicines, or to go for medical check-up, laboratory procedures and dialysis treatments./PN
