Boring Company

[mongo]

I vaguely remember some on-campus project they were going to use that for. That campus is certainly big enough to use one internally for moving stuff around.

Yeah, there was talk of going under the river to the property on the other side.
Interior tunnel to the outbound lot would sweet though.

 

[mongo]

Boring affiliate bought land for UNLV Station
H/t Sawyer

The Boring Company Acquires Land near UNLV for University Center Loop

 

[mongo]

Rumors of Mexico wanting a tunnel pre 2026 World Cup

https://twitter.com/x/status/1757095917885300946

 

[Buckminster]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1767117478738714782

 

[kabin]

Crazy how long it's taken to prepare for that Austin factory tunnel. Looks like lots of materials, equipment, and occupied space. After seven years it makes me wonder if it can ever be a viable business.

 

[Buckminster]

Crazy how long it's taken to prepare for that Austin factory tunnel. Looks like lots of materials, equipment, and occupied space. After seven years it makes me wonder if it can ever be a viable business.

Short tunnels will always be expensive per mile. If they can beat Gary the snail then there will be close to an infinite amount of profitable projects worldwide.

 

[Cosmacelf]

Crazy how long it's taken to prepare for that Austin factory tunnel. Looks like lots of materials, equipment, and occupied space. After seven years it makes me wonder if it can ever be a viable business.

We have no idea what the delay is. It could be that the other end, which will likely pop up inside the factory extension, isn’t ready to receive the boring tunnel. OR a critical part for the machine isn’t ready. OR they need a special permit to dig under the freeway and they haven’t got it yet.

I do think the Vegas tunnels are started much quicker than this one.

 

[mongo]

We have no idea what the delay is. It could be that the other end, which will likely pop up inside the factory extension, isn’t ready to receive the boring tunnel. OR a critical part for the machine isn’t ready. OR they need a special permit to dig under the freeway and they haven’t got it yet.

I do think the Vegas tunnels are started much quicker than this one.

Or they are using this for training and there is no reason to hurry.

 

[Cosmacelf]

Or they are using this for training and there is no reason to hurry.

Thinking about it some more, I’d bet it is permitting delays. They’ve never had to pull a permit like this in Texas that crosses under public land. No doubt the Texas permitting agencies are requesting lots of information and analysis.

 

[mongo]

Thinking about it some more, I’d bet it is permitting delays. They’ve never had to pull a permit like this in Texas that crosses under public land. No doubt the Texas permitting agencies are requesting lots of information and analysis.

They have though, there are two tunnels under Farm to Market 1209 that go between between Boring Co and SpaceX in Bastrop, TX.
They were also dealing with permits for the tunnel under the Colorado River.

 

[Cosmacelf]

They have though, there are two tunnels under Farm to Market 1209 that go between between Boring Co and SpaceX in Bastrop, TX.
They were also dealing with permits for the tunnel under the Colorado River.

Weren’t those bastrop tunnels under private land?

Anyways, this is a different municipality and may involve state agencies as well.

 

[mongo]

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Nears Deal to Build Tunnel in Florida - BNN Bloomberg

The project would transport Tesla-riding passengers about 2.5 miles to the Fort Lauderdale beach from downtown

www.bnnbloomberg.ca

Looks like another boring tunnel is set in Ft Lauderdale, Boring Company won the contract

"The loop would represent Boring Co.’s first commercial undertaking outside of Nevada and poses significant challenges that would be new for its engineers, such as tunneling under water."

 

[Cosmacelf]

Wow, these public projects take a long time to get going.