Lancaster paves over its singing freeway
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If you missed it, you’ll have to catch it on YouTube now. An unusual stretch of road in Lancaster has been repaved.
The Associated Press reported: ‘Residents of northern Los Angeles County are not grooving to this music. Lancaster city officials said this week that they’re paving over a quarter-mile strip of asphalt grooved to play the William Tell Overture when auto tires speed over it. The road was completed this month as part of an ad campaign for Honda. It’s engineered to play the overture -- also known as the theme to ‘The Lone Ranger’ -- at perfect pitch for motorists driving Honda Civics at 55 mph. But neighbors aren’t amused. One says the road music sounds like a high-pitched drone. Another says it keeps him and his wife up at night.’
On the one hand, maybe Lancaster homeowners have enough problems, but you wonder why the beleaguered city couldn’t have figured out a way to turn this to their advantage as a landmark or local attraction.
-- Lauren Beale
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