It is a New Year and hopefully, one should begin with a clean slate ushering in 2019. One of the big infrastructure projects this year will be the Coastal Road. We anticipate plenty of chatter and news about Mumbai's upcoming arm of public transport, beginning from Princess Street and joining the Bandra Worli Sea Link (BWSL).

Authorities must learn from all the controversy about the Metro construction that has created so many altercations between residents, activists and the Metro authorities through the past two years. Besides court cases, there has been plenty of fracas in the public space, too.