Multimillion-rand Blyde River Canyon project goes ahead despite lawsuit
Scott is the co-founder of another tourism project, the R40 million Graskop Lift, which is a viewing lift that travels 51m down the Graskop Gorge offering tourists a breathtaking view of the gorge and waterfalls.It is intended to be a cantilevered glass walkway that protrudes 12m from a cliff and hovers in the air. Tourists will see 700m below their feet while also getting a 360° view of the world’s third-largest river canyon.
Scott’s company, Skyway Trails, pitched the Blyde River Skywalk concept to the MTPA in 2009. It was estimated then that it would cost about R84 million to construct. However, the MTPA dropped Scott along the way and engaged other developers.Scott has approached the Mbombela High Court to protect his copyright.
“The MTPA disputes that it stole Campbell Scott’s intellectual property. The court case on this matter is currently pending,” Nkambule said.There has been such a huge turnover of people at MTPA, but most people know that my documents predate everything.
In his court application, Scott said: “The copyright works are being reproduced and adapted by the first respondent [MTPA] to seek bids for the development of a project in Blyde River Reserve. Should a successful bidder be appointed while the parties are in the process of mediation, the damages incurred by [MTPA] will increase substantially.
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