DUI checkpoint, license plate readers are coming to Miami Beach. Here’s where and when

Howard Cohen

March 6, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.·2 min read

Miami Beach is ramping up enforcement efforts as more schools in Florida and nationwide begin spring break.

This means more people are about to descend on South Beach and one thing crowds can expect over the next couple weekends are traffic jams, DUI checkpoints and license plate readers.

Here are the locations of planned sobriety checkpoints and license plate readers. Depending on how things go through the rest of March, city officials, Florida Department of Transportation and local police may add more checkpoints or restrictions.

“We will work with our partners at FDOT to assess the situation and handle accordingly,” Christopher Bess, a spokesman for Miami Beach Police, told the Miami Herald.

Sobriety checkpoint

A motorist drives through a DUI checkpoint on Fifth Street between Meridian and Washington Avenues as officers from Florida Highway Patrol look on during the fourth weekend of Spring Break in Miami Beach, Florida, on Saturday, March 25, 2023. Troopers will again conduct a checkpoint on the weekends of March 8-9 and March 15-16, 2024. D.A. Varela/dvarela@miamiherald.com

Where: A DUI checkpoint conducted by Florida Highway Patrol will be in place along Fifth Street, a prime location in South Beach’s entertainment district.

When: The sobriety checkpoint will be in place from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. on Friday and Saturday March 8-9 and the same days on March 15-16, according to Bess.

License plate readers

Where and when: Miami Beach police will have license plate readers in the eastbound lanes of the MacArthur and Julia Tuttle causeways on Friday to Sunday, March 8-10, and the same weekend days on March 15-17. Miami Beach police will also have a license plate reader set up along the Fifth Street corridor from Friday to Sunday, March 22-24.

Fewer traffic lanes: Both the MacArthur and Tuttle causeways will be limited to one lane apiece eastbound during the duration of the high-impact weekends, Bess said. Expect significant traffic.

What Florida is doing

In this file photo from Feb. 2, 2024, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during an event at the Rum Room in Miami Beach. Jose A. Iglesias/jiglesias@elnuevoherald.com

On Tuesday at the Miami Beach Convention Center, Gov. Ron DeSantis said that he would be sending about 60 state troopers to South Florida, about 45 of whom would be concentrated in Miami Beach, to assist law enforcement agencies with anticipated spring break crowds.

For more details of the city’s spring break plans, go to miamibeachfl.gov/breakup.

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