MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Spring breakers visiting parts of Florida can expect some serious changes this year.
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The City of Miami Beach is warning “troublemakers” they are, “breaking up with spring break.”
The city plans to raise parking garage rates to $100 per day, deploy DUI checkpoints, and impose a curfew at midnight.
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“We won’t allow people to come here, disrupt our way of life, ruin it for residents who live here, and ruin it for people who just want to come here and have a good time,” said Miami Beach Police Chief Wayne Jones.
The peak of spring break travel in South Florida is March 8 through 17.
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