With the recent changes in the state's leadership, the hope of S V Road residents, who for long have been protesting against the elevated Metro 2B corridor, have been renewed. Members of ALMs from Bandra, Khar and Santacruz wrote to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on December 3, requesting him to junk the elevated Metro and build an underground metro instead.

Residents of the suburbs claim that the elevated Metro will add to traffic chaos and result in air and noise pollution. In a letter written by the H West Ward Citizens' Trust cited various other concerns including close proximity to buildings, fire safety and loss of green cover for opposing an elevated Metro.