Seen a bunch of people miss this. So here's a clarification. There's 3 ways to get rid of the planks if you hate them

The mod esp name is "SurWR.esp"

1.  Use xEdit/SSEDIT. Courtesy of the DerPsychonaut


Open the ESP. Expand -> Worldspace, Expand -> WhiterunWorld, Expand the first entry, Expand -> persistent, go the list all the way down to the bottom. There are two entries called "PlankwayDisabler" and "NewDistrictPlankKillerREF". Click on each of it. In the right window of SSEEDIT you can see RECORD EDIT > RECORD FLAGS (near the top). Right click on RECORD FLAGS and choose EDIT. Set the "initially disabled"-flag by clicking on it. SAVE. DONE. Works like charme :-)

2. In game

There's a dagger stuck in a barrel outside the smithy by the main gate. Right side of the road. Open the console (usually this button  §  )(above tab, under esc). Click the dagger. Write disable. Press enter. The dagger will disappear along with the planks.

3. Creation Kit.

Open the mod in CK. Go to WhiterunWorld. Find the dagger again. Click it. Check the initially disabled box. Save.



Basically how it works is that the dagger is the "enable parent" for the planks. When you disable the dagger, the "children" gets disabled along with it.