DENVER – You could feel it through the screen.

At the most recent Department of Transportation Infrastructure (DOTI) advisory board Zoom meeting on Nov. 18, Denver road-safety advocates took turns expressing anger and frustration to the department’s Director Amy Ford over DOTI’s sudden reversal in what had been a finalized plan to make a portion of Alameda Avenue between Franklin and Lincoln streets safer.

It was just days after the city announced it was sidelining the “road diet” plan, reversing course on creating a turn lane in both directions to go in favor of a slimmed down approach.

The original Alameda Lane Repurposing plan would have reworked the four-lane road to two lanes with a dedicated center turn lane along with buffer space between the street and curb.

The new design i

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