To help commuters navigate the vacuum left by the FOB, the BMC - as a temporary measure - is creating a pedestrian crossing in its stead, after coordinating with the traffic police. Officials from A ward will also be installing a pedestrian signal at the site. Kiran Dighavkar, assistant municipal commissioner of A ward, said the crossing should be open to public from Monday.

Dighavkar added that a holding area for pedestrians will also be constructed, along with signs signalling motor vehicles to go slow. Since a pedestrian crossing will be placed here for the first time, traffic police will monitor vehicles for a few days to ensure they slow down while approaching it from both the northern (JJ) and southern (Fort) ends. Without the FOB, pedestrians had to walk till the subway at CST to cross the road to enter CST.