Elon Musk has said Las Vegas is “hopefully” getting a fully operational underground commercial tunnel in 2020. His idea of boring tunnels underground to solve gridlock in highly congested cities like Los Angeles and Las Vegas came as a joke, back in 2016.
Traffic is driving me nuts. Am going to build a tunnel boring machine and just start digging…
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 17, 2016
Musk, however, started The Boring Company (TBC) to actualise this ‘joke’ he had while sitting in traffic. There are several projects already in major cities, including Chicago and Baltimore.
Announcing via Twitter, he said that The Boring Company is completing its first commercial tunnel in Vegas. It will be from the Las Vegas Convention Center to the airport str*p. This is a distance of between 2.3 to 4.4 miles by road.
Then he would go on to other projects. He also hopes it will be operational next year.
Musk and his company had also been working on ways revolutionise road travel with high-speed Loop and Hyperloop transportation systems.
Underground tunnels will transport people in cars or passenger “pods”. Meanwhile, commuters get to escape traffic and get around cities faster.
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The Las Vegas project consists of two tunnels, about a mile long each. Passengers will move via autonomous vehicles at up to 155 miles per hour, the company says.
Although the tunnel was to be operational by the end of 2019 according to Elon Musk’s tweet in March 2019. However, The Boring Company didn’t start digging until November 2019.
Looking forward to building a Boring Company tunnel in Vegas. Assuming to be operational by end of year! https://t.co/cSSO4SJ140
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 12, 2019
Elon Musk’s tunnels to be ready in time for 2021 Consumer Electronics Show
A spokesperson for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority told CNN Business that the 2020 fully operational deadline was in line with Mr. Musk’s announcement in November and that the tunnel would be completed in time for the 2021 Consumer Electronics Show.
“Nothing has changed on the anticipated timeline for development,” she said. “We just broke ground mid-November and have its anticipated completion for the CES 2021 show.”
The Boring Company completed a test tunnel In December 2018, in Hawthorne, California that’s used for developing Loop and Hyperloop.
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