DDP constructs canopy walkway

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27-10-08

A MINIATURE canopy walkway is to be mounted in the Achimota Forest as part of efforts to boost tourism in the city.
The walkway, which will be six metres high and 25 metres long, is being built as part of the ongoing Ghana International Furniture and Woodworking Exhibition (GIFEX 2008) by DDP Outdoor Limited.
The Public Relations Manager of the Wildlife Division, Mrs Vivian A.N. Nuhu, told the Daily Graphic on Saturday that having a canopy walkway in the Achimota Forest would boost visits to the area, especially the zoo that was being built there.
She said although the walkway would be permanently in the forest, “we will see whether or not it will be possible to bring it to the Trade Fair Centre during fairs for people to have a feel of it”.
There is one of such facility at the Kakum National Park in the Central Region.
She said once the walkway was mounted, visitors to the area would pay something little to have access to it, adding that using the canopy walkway in the Achimota forest could help build the confidence of people in using the canopy walkway at the Kakum Park.
She said the walkway should have been used for the GIFEX, saying it was, however, not late for subsequent events.
Mrs Nuhu said a new zoo was currently being built in the forest following the relocation of animals to the Kumasi Zoo, adding that the zoo would cover 40 hectares of the forest.
According to her, the Wildlife Division had 100.2 hectares in the area and that it was out of that that the 40 hectares was being used for the zoo.
She described the Achimota Forest as complex, with a part of it functioning as ‘the lung of Accra’, while it had rare fruits and wildlife in it.
Mrs Nuhu indicated that ponds for crocodiles, as part of the zoo, had been developed, while there were grasscutters, ostriches and camels donated by the Libyan government.