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Elon Musk's Boring Co. Picks Baltimore for Free Tunnel - Baltimore Business Journal
The Boring Company will offer free construction of up to one-mile, zero-emission transit tunnels in three cities after a competitive selection process with over 500 submissions.
- On Tuesday, March 24, The Boring Company announced New Orleans, Dallas, and Baltimore as winners of the Tunnel Vision Challenge, each selected to receive a free, one-mile underground transit tunnel.
- Selected from more than 500 submissions, the proposed transit tunnels will span up to one mile in length and measure 12 feet in diameter, according to Wednesday's announcement.
- The Baltimore Ravens withdrew their Ravens Loop proposal on Wednesday after admitting they entered without notifying city officials, a decision Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said he supported.
- Mayor Scott stated the project 'couldn't have done it without my approval,' emphasizing that city approval was required despite the team bypassing public agencies during the application process.
- The Boring Company plans to explore additional projects in San Antonio and Hendersonville in the near future, expressing hope to build all three winning loops if feasible.
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Ravens turn down project collaboration with Elon Musk's tunnel company
It was dubbed the “Ravens Loop,” a one-mile underground tunnel built by SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk. The Baltimore Ravens put in an application and won, but now, they said the project will not move forward. Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, while saying he loves the Baltimore Ravens, said it could not have happened without his OK. “I wholeheartedly support their decision to pull out of this application,” Scott said. Musk’s company said Dalla…
·Baltimore, United States
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Elon Musk picks flood-prone New Orleans as possible site for next underground tunnel: ‘What could go wrong?’
Musk’s Boring Company is eying low-lying New Orleans as a potential location for its next tunnel loop project — despite obvious concerns about its feasibility in such a notoriously flood-prone city.
·New York, United States
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