Boring Company receives approval for expanding its tunnels to downtown Las Vegas

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The Boring Company was given unanimous approval to expand its system of tunnels. Customers will be able to hop aboard a car and travel from one part of the city to the next with the expansion.

The network of tunnels is supposed to take 29 miles and have 51 stops. A 25-minute walk across the convention center into a two-minute ride is no longer possible because only 1.7 miles of tunnels are operational. Despite Musk's previous statements, the system uses human-controlled Model X and Y vehicles to transport passengers.

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Some riders weren't all that impressed when they tried out the tunnel beneath the Las Vegas Convention Center. Rider said they experienced traffic backups in the tunnel, which holds a maximum of 70 cars at one time, while walking the convention center floors. The system transported up to 17,000 people.

The Boring Company wants to build a transportation system that spans the most popular destinations in Las Vegas. The entire team at the City of Last Vegas would like to thank you. The Boring Company responded to the city's approval on their social media accounts. TBC is excited to build a great transportation system in the City.

The Boring Company was given the go-ahead to dig beneath the Las Vegas Strip last October. The Boring Company began digging beneath the hotspots earlier this year, as shown in a video on the company's website.

According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Steve Hill, the president and CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, expects the tunnel system beneath the Strip to be ready to serve customers in 2023. The portion connecting the LVCC and Resorts World should be up and running by the end of the year, according to Hill.