The first incarnation of the project surfaced in 1992 but was widely opposed by the public. The plan envisioned 25km-long riverbank roads from the Phra Pin Klao bridge to Pak Kret district of Nonthaburi on the east side of the river and from Phra Pin Klao bridge to Phra Nang Klao Bridge in Nonthaburi on the west side of the river.