DENVER — What began as years of public meetings and community-backed designs for one of Denver’s busiest and most dangerous corridors has boiled over into protest.

On Thursday, residents led by the West Wash Park Neighborhood Association gathered along Alameda Avenue to demand the city restore the original “Alameda Lane Repurposing Project” plan — a plan neighbors say would have delivered crucial safety improvements.

“The city should be ashamed of themselves,” said West Wash Park resident Jaime Livaditis, who has seen cars crash into her property three times. “To me, it doesn’t feel like Denver. It doesn’t feel like a place where the community matters and our voice matters.”

The controversy stems from a change Denver’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI) made in No

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