An idea for putting a giant waterslide on Carling Avenue has been rejected, but the company behind it is looking into other options.

Slide The City was planning to build a 300-metre-long waterslide down Carling Avenue for an event this August, but the city rejected the site because of the need to allow emergency vehicles to access to The Ottawa Hospital's Civic campus from Carling.

The city proposed some alternatives to the Carling Avenue location but Slide The City said they were too far from central Ottawa.

There's still hope, however.

Slide the City is going to take the time to put together a new application, meaning a giant waterslide could come to Ottawa next year.