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Giant water slide on Lyon Street hill.
Rob Bliss is at it again!
Excerpt:
Traffic signals along Lyon Street NE at Ransom and Bostwick avenues won't be able to stop westbound traffic next month, when the downtown hill is closed and transformed into a 500-foot, inflated-vinyl waterslide.
The normally busy downtown hill will become a mini urban water park Aug. 21-22, thanks to Grand Rapids event coordinator Rob Bliss.
The two-lane waterslide will be open to everyone 48 inches or taller and will be free to ride from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. that weekend.
The slide, estimated to cost about $28,000 and manufactured in California, will be composed of 11 sections and lined with 2- to 3-foot-tall sides. Byron Center-based ACP Entertainment, a party rentals and entertainment production company, worked on the design.
With at least a half-foot lift above the cement, the waterslide weighs about four tons and was custom built for the Lyon Street hill, APC General Manager Ryan Strayhorn said.
Water will constantly run down the slide on both sides and drain off into the street. He said a filtration system would have been too expensive and nearly impossible for the slide. A series of 10 speed bumps or cushioned "waves" at the end of the slide will act as a braking system. A 10-foot-high ramp, encased in netting will catch participants after the waves.
The slide also will feature a 10-foot-high incline with a built-in ladder at its start to give riders an initial "oomph." Strayhorn also said 52 holes will be drilled into the asphalt to secure the slide to the road.
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So, maybe it's my Debbie Downer mood, but what a waste of water...and drilling holes in the road? What about the traffic? Besides some of these logistic questions and the practicality of the event...I totally want to ride down the hill!
Hey I still would go. Sounds like a fun time!
MrstoBe - not sure if you are thinking about a toddler down there, but I think it's the risk of the amt of water and at the end pssibly where he/she could drown. But you could ask.