Mexicali Mayor Norma Bustamante said the city plans to make changes to the ordinances of parking spaces in the downtown area.

The mayor said the ordinance was modified many years ago in an era that does not correspond to the actual times.

No other details were provided about the ordinance modification.

The downtown area has around 4,000 individual parking spaces, Downtown Manager Rubén Chen told La Crónica newspaper.

Chen added that the city is negotiating with private property owners in order to adapt abandoned lots to become parking lots. The mayor said the state plans to build a new parking lot with 290 spots in the intersection of Reforma Avenue and Altamirano Street.