Mayor Martin J. Walsh's plans to boost the Hub's nightlife with extended hours were scuttled on Beacon Hill this week, but other options to extend alcohol sales by bars and restaurants — including filing a bill in January — will be explored.
Legislators approved a $36.5 billion state budget yesterday for the new fiscal year that failed to include a Walsh-supported amendment allowing communities serviced by the MBTA's late-night routes to sell alcohol after 2 a.m.
"Certainly, I would have loved to have seen it," Walsh said. "But … we'll move on."
That kills Walsh's plan for a pilot late-night program that was targeted to begin in August in certain areas of the city.
"The Late Night Task Force is focused on a number of initiatives relative to making Boston a vibrant, cosmopolitan city," Walsh spokeswoman Kate Norton said. "Extending hours for liquor licenses was one piece of the puzzle, (which) we intend to revisit as there are a number of ways the city can get closer to that goal, including filing legislation in January."
The proposed budget amendment, initially approved by the Senate, was a fast-tracked end-run around the typical legislative process so the late-night pilot program could coincide with the MBTA's test of late-night service. The MBTA pilot program runs through next March and so far has garnered a favorable response, MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo said, with total subway ridership of more than 300,000 on Saturdays and Sundays from 12:30 a.m. to 3 a.m. in the first three months.
Richard Weir contributed to this report.
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