Is 1-mile bike path worth $9.2 million?

I read the article Is 1-mile bike path worth $9.2 million? I found it on the Star Tribune web site.
Here is a link. http://www.startribune.com/local/40034742.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUr

I found this article to be very interesting because it is at the heart of the issues at this time of recession. There is a plan to put in an 9.2 million dollar bike path in Minneapolis. The main problem people have with thuis is that many people feel that they could make it for far less. Many people feel that at this time of recession the money could be better spent elsewhere like on bridges, roads and in our education system. Personally I agree. I feel that shure a bike path would be great but not at this time of hardship in our country. So I believe that it should not be made.

Louwagie , Pam . "Whistleblower: Is 1-mile bike path worth $9.2 million?." Star Tribune. February 21, 2009 . Star Tribune. 22 Feb 2009 .