Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday announced the renaming of Coastal Road to Chhatrapati Sambaji Maharashtra Road during an event while celebrating the Jayanti of Chatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj at the Gate Way of India. The 10.58 Kilometer long project is 75 percent complete. Shinde also announced that the statue of Sambhaji Maharaj will be erected on the road.

Earlier, the Mangeshkar family had demanded that the Road be named after late Lata Mangeshkar.