Urban Planning: Bump in the (Coastal) Road

The much-touted 10.58-km-long coastal road, which is being built from Marine Drive to Worli by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to speed up the suburban commute to and from South Mumbai, is fundamentally going to change how the city travels.

But even as the sprawling concrete pathway is expected to help accommodate more cars and commuters, questions are now being raised on whether the present design of the mega road will cut away easy access of Mumbai’s space-starved residents to the city’s sprawling sea front.

Interestingly, while there is a global trend to “retire” or take down highways that run within cities and help create more connected, walkable neighborhoods,