Suggesting some changes in the Coastal Road project plan, a group of architects, urban planners, designers and principals of architecture colleges, said that moving some of the proposed open spaces of the Coastal Road to the seaside will enable a world-class waterfront in the city. The urban planners have made the suggestion in a letter addressed to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, dated March 2. 

The letter is signed by around 70 urban planners including Alan Abraham, Nitin Kilawala, Samarth Das, Nina Puri, and Seema Puri. The letter mentioned that the Coastal Road project seeks to create large patches of open green space, a rarity in Mumbai, and that around 90 hectares of land would need to be reclaimed for the same. Of this land, 70 ha would be landscaped with a cycling track, promenades, amphitheatre, children’s play areas and other recreational spaces. The architects, however, said that around 111 hectare of land would have to be reclaimed instead of 90 ha.