Clark County lawmakers on Wednesday unanimously approved letting Musk’s Boring Co. submit plans for the project dubbed the Vegas Loop.
It would connect with an existing short Convention Center Loop the company completed and began operating in June. An overall cost wasn’t disclosed.
— KOLO-TV
Las Vegas has made very hefty public investments of late with a brand new football stadium (which makes up one prong of the loop), planned regional railway link with Los Angeles, and high-tech infrastructure upgrades both planned for the next the coming years.
Musk's company says it will look to complete the high-profile tunnel system with some haste, considering its seemingly stalled $1 billion high-speed rail project at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. His previous ambit for a hyperloop train from DC to Boston never took shape after years of hype and speculation. Others have been quick to question the billionaire's hand in public infrastructure schemes of similar scope and scale.
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an underground tesla highway yay
Just gonna keep making the same joke every time:
Some complain that billionaires should be addressing problems here on Earth instead of launching themselves into space.
I would argue that launching billionaires into space is addressing problems here on Earth, but only if they don't come back.
as an aside, how can an approved ublic works project have an "undisclosed cost"?
That "article" was all over the place but it does state this: "Las Vegas Convention and Tourism Authority chief Steve Hill said it could cost up to $1 billion and will be privately funded"
The key being privately funded... but who knows how any of this works
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