Around this time, the construction of a city planned road was proposed to cover the Takase-gawa River in order to widen a lane of the Kyoto City Trams, but the lane was instead laid out on the Kawaramachi-dori Street due to opposition from residents.
また、この頃に高瀬川を暗渠化し、京都市電を拡幅する都市計画道路が検討されたが、地元住民の反対により、河原町通に変更された。