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Warner Bros. wants to build a $100 million aerial tramway to the Hollywood sign

LOS ANGELES - Residents of the hilly neighborhoods surrounding the famed Hollywood sign - the symbol of Los Angeles' signature industry - have long blamed the attraction for worsening traffic, parking nightmares and disruptive tourists.

Now one of the movie and television business' biggest players, Warner Bros., says it has a bold solution.

The 95-year-old studio on Monday told city officials it would foot the bill for an aerial tramway to transport visitors to and from the Hollywood sign, starting from a parking structure next to its Burbank lot.

The effort, dubbed the Hollywood Skyway, would cost the studio an estimated $100 million, according to a person close to

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