Scrutiny over the city’s decision to overhaul a shovel-ready road narrowing project along Alameda Avenue boiled over into Denver City Council chambers Tuesday, as council members grilled the city’s transportation head over the redesign.
Since November, the city has faced intense backlash over the redesign. Denver’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, or DOTI, had spent years redesigning Alameda, rated as one of the most dangerous streets in Denver. Construction was set to begin earlier this year.
The original plan would have, along with other changes, narrowed the busy road from four lanes of traffic to three: two directional lanes and a turn lane…