Given the crowding and stampede-like situation at Lower Parel station, the Western Railway has got cracking on one more footbridge at its north end, which will be constructed after demolishing old railway structures, so that east-west access is not hampered. While foundations of the new bridge are already in place on the west side, a few structures in the east side near Eastern Bakery are being demolished to build the bridge that promises to ease load on the older footbridge.

Western Railway chief public relations officer Ravinder Bhakar confirmed the development and said that the new bridge will ease the load on the older Dadar-end bridge, and prove to be useful. He said, "The new bridge will be 10 metres wide and about 70 metres long. Work has been speeded up already and it will be done in six months."