The ongoing work for the Coastal Road project has turned the Marine Drive stretch into an eyesore, challenging its status as the ‘Queen's Necklace’. As a result, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has now called for consultants to redesign Marine Drive to maintain its glory in sync with the Coastal Road and other 
connectors coming up along the stretch.

The civic body has decided to revamp the Queen's Necklace and has invited expressions of interest to appoint a consultant who will suggest a design for the revamp. “We are also going to revamp the road from Flora Fountain to Asiatic Library. Both areas have heritage status and we will preserve their heritage value,” an official of the civic heritage department said.