The Inter-Ministerial Committee on Roads & Highways, Transport and Interior has said work on the abandoned footbridges on the Adentan-Madina Highway will start in a week’s time.

This was contained in a joint statement signed by three sector Ministers few hours after a first-year female student of West African Secondary School who was crashed to death on Thursday sparked outrage by residents who blocked the main road burning car tyres.

“Alarmed as the General Public has been on this matter, The Ministries and Agencies have been working in recent weeks to complete the procurement processes and resume work on the bridges.“Work on the uncompleted bridges is expected to commence within a week. Work is to be down on an accelerated basis with multiple contractors to ensure quick completion” the statement sighted by Kasapafmonline.com said.

The residents were planning to hit the streets over six unfinished footbridges on the Madina/Adenta/Aburi highway on November 12, 2018, when the female student got crushed by a speeding car.

The accident reportedly becomes the 195th recorded on the Madina-Adentan Highway in 2018 alone.