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A 105-metre long canopy walkway has been constructed on the sea at
Tema near the Meridian rock which is believed to be the centre of the
world.
The canopy walkway, which cost over $200,000, is the first canopy
walkway on the sea in Africa.
It is stringed to the premises of the Ave Maria Resort formerly known
as Halcrow beach.
Mr Kenneth Akuffo Asare, the contractor, said that the canopy walkway
has a height of eight metres.
Mr Akuffo, who also constructed the Kakum canopy walkway in the
Central Region, assured the public of its safety as quality materials
were used to build it.
He said polyester ropes, galvanised cables, bolts and nuts and safety
nets were used.
"Counting the Kakum and Bonsu canopy walkways, this in the third one I
have built in the country but it is the first one on the sea in the
whole of Africa," Mr Asare said.
He said the closest one to the canopy walkway on the sea was the one
he built over a river in Nigeria and appealed to the government and
other stakeholders to appreciate people with extraordinary talents and
give them the necessary help to promote tourism in Ghana.
Mrs Theressa Ntim, the Managing Director of Ave Maria Resort, said it
was their desire to build the canopy walkway to the Meridian Rock but
the cost was more than her outfit could bear.
She said the walkway was built with the aim of "promoting leisure and
relaxation at the centre of the world," she said, adding that it was
her wish to do something extra to attract people to have a look at the
rock.
Mrs Ntim said the canopy walk would be opened to the public at a small
fee which would and appealed to the Tourism Authority and the Ministry
of Tourism to help develop the many tourism sites in Tema.
Credit: GNA
