DENVER — Alameda Avenue between Franklin and Lincoln Streets has seen hundreds of crashes over the years, according to Denver’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI).
Frequent rear-end and left-turn crashes prompted them to redesign the roadway, and one neighbor said he's seen the safety issues firsthand.
“Being the recipient of a crash on my property. Having to call. Get into a wreck on the intersection just behind us here, spin out, go over the curb, impact our retaining wall,” Bryant Denning, who lives along Alameda, said.
To improve pedestrian and vehicle safety, DOTI’s original plans called for removing one lane from each direction, but the community pushed back, worried about congestion.
DOTI listened and has now redesigned the project.
“We are taking the one travel lane in the westbound direction. This is the direction that has lower volume of vehicles and then we are going to provide these turn pockets for safer turns,” DOTI Director of Communications Nancy Kuhn said.
Bryant Denning says he was in favor of the original plan of having both lanes taken out from each direction.
“Pedestrians will remain as close to vehicle traffic today as they will after the project is implemented,” Denning said.
One of the first things that people will see is the installation of a rapid rectangular flashing beacon at Franklin Street.
“So, improved crossings are there at that section as one of the first pieces of the work,” Kuhn said. “The rest of it will need to go into further design for this new configuration to lay it all out in all the details.”
Construction on this corridor is set to start in late 2026 and finish off in 2027.
