Spurred by talks with Elon Musk, Miami-Dade officials OK study of underground transit tunnels
Miami-Dade officials are keeping the county on track as a place
Elon Musk’s Boring Company could begin digging subterranean people movers to circumvent gridlock with electric vehicles.
On Thursday, the county’s
transportation planning board approved a six-month, $88,000 study of tunneling technology created by Musk’s company, as well as similar technology designed by other companies, as a way to provide faster, cheaper travel options to residents.
The move comes just weeks after Fort Lauderdale Mayor
Dean Trantalis
announced that his city had accepted a proposal from the Boring Co. to build an underground transit system between its downtown and beach, barring a better proposal from another firm by Aug. 30.
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Elon Musk Wants to Dig Tunnels in America s Sinkhole Capital
Musk claims the tunnels could ease traffic and be an example to the world, but experts caution that underground work in Miami is expensive and unpredictable. January 26, 2021, 6am PST | Diana Ionescu |
In yet another example of Musk’s perpetual grift of making empty promises to city leaders, writes Alissa Walker, the Tesla CEO is floating the idea of building car tunnels under the city of Miami through his tunnel-digging subsidiary, the Boring Company. Critics question the efficacy of underground tunnels in a city known as the sinkhole capital of the United States, pointing to the astronomical costs of the rare few tunnels that have been built in the city. A Port of Miami tunnel that runs for less than a mile through a shallow channel cost roughly $1 billion to build, and it s unclear whether or not the Boring Company has truly been able to cut tunneling costs.