As for the renewal of the Love River, the Love River Association for Culture and Ecology had been requesting since its inception in 1994 that the city tear down the river's concrete embankments, fill a nearby underground passageway, and close Hohsi Road, which runs between the river and nearby residences, to traffic.
而在愛河的整治上，早在一九九四年就成立的文化愛河協會，多年來一直以「愛河破堤」為訴求，為打掉水泥陡斜的河堤，爭取緊鄰愛河的地下街回填，還有廢止阻隔愛河與河邊住家的河西路努力多年。