Council pulls the plug on Belleview Park water slide
STEUBENVILLE – A water slide isn’t going to be one of the attractions when Steubenville’s newly revamped Belleview Pool reopens for the summer. The slide, manufactured in Canada, is equipped with railings that don’t meet U.S. safety standards. Council members have said they didn’t authorize the purchase and aren’t sure who did and that they learned of it only after it had been delivered. But City Manager Mike Johnson said he learned from the Ohio Department of Health Tuesday that the pool can’t open unless the slide can pass inspection—and the slide won’t pass ...
