Miami Beach announced Tuesday it is lifting the 8 p.m. curfew that officials imposed to curb spring break crowds in the city's South Beach entertainment district.
Commissioners voted to establish the Thursday-Sunday curfew back in March after fights, gunfire, property destruction and dangerous stampedes broke out among huge crowds of people in a spring break hot spot.
However, the countywide curfew remains in effect from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. daily. Miami-Dade officials are set to lift that curfew next week.
Officials also announced that a license plate reader police detail will be present on the eastbound lanes of the MacArthur Causeway from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Friday, April 9, and Saturday, April 10.
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Additionally, all sidewalk café operations, including expanded outdoor restaurant seating, will be suspended in the entertainment district starting Thursday and through the morning of Monday, April 12, from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. This will not apply to the Española Way corridor between Pennsylvania Avenue and Washington Avenue.
