This marks the first step in a continued process for the project. They will need to have their design approved at a future date before permits can be issued and construction begins.
The trip from the airport to downtown Las Vegas would take about seven minutes. Boring Company hopes to expand to other areas of the valley in the future.
Tesla vehicles will shuttle passengers through 10 miles of underground tunnels connecting the Strip to downtown Las Vegas, Allegiant Stadium, the airport and more destinations. There will be multiple parallel tunnels so that each trip is an express trip that does not make other stops.
Watch as #lvcouncil discusses and votes on @boringcompany's application for the possible expansion of their underground monorail system into #DTLV: https://t.co/h5waa7wWxy
— City of Las Vegas (@CityOfLasVegas) December 16, 2020
Elon Musk owns about 80% of Boring Company.
SOURCES- City of Las Vegas, Boring Company
Written By Brian Wang, Nextbigfuture.com
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