Even though government agencies had been implementing neighborhood renewal, environmental transformation and business district development initiatives left and right, Snake Alley was overlooked and remained in a state of disrepair.
雖然多年來政府各部門相繼在全台老街實施社區改造、環境改造、商圈更新等計畫，但華西街北段卻從未被眷顧，破敗景象依舊。