In a letter to MMRDA commissioner Sanjay Mukherjee on Monday, Lodha, the Mumbai suburbs guardian minister, said traffic congestion was increasingly becoming unbearable in the area, and the road space has been reduced further because of the barricades of Metro works.

He suggested the cycle lane be merged with the road. A separate cycle track can be built on any adjoining plot in BKC. The barriers erected for Metro work should be reduced to the minimum to create more space for pedestrians and motorists, he wrote, urging the development authority to plan special buses from Bandra station to BKC.