U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, back, looks on as Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, front right, U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey, D-Colo. , center, and U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Colo. , use jackhammers to break up a deteriorating bicycle path during a ceremony to break ground on the C-470 bike trail and highway reconstruction project in the west Denver suburb of Lakewood, Colo. , on Tuesday, June 30, 2009. The path reconstruction is the latest project to be started as part of the highway stimulus project. AP Photo logo AP Photo 5 months ago

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, back, looks on as Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, front right, U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey, D-Colo. , center, and U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Colo. , use jackhammers to break up a deteriorating bicycle path during a ceremony to break ground on the C-470 bike trail and highway reconstruction project in the west Denver suburb of Lakewood, Colo. , on Tuesday, June 30, 2009. The path reconstruction is the latest project to be started as part of the highway stimulus project.

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