In November, Washington, D.C.'s Department of Transportation granted the Boring Company a permit to excavate at a parking lot within the city:
Washington, D.C., has issued a permit allowing Elon Musk's Boring Company to do preparatory and excavation work in what is now a parking lot north of the National Mall. The company says the site could become a Hyperloop station.
The permit, reported Friday by the Washington Post, was issued way back on November 29th of 2017. The permit is part of an exploratory push by the city's Department of Transportation, which according to a spokesperson is examining the feasibility of digging a Hyperloop network under the city. The Hyperloop is an as-yet theoretical proposal to use depressurized tubes and magnet-levitated pods to move passengers at very high speeds.
From The Washington Post:
Asked about the permit, issued Nov. 29, a Boring Company spokesman said Friday that "a New York Avenue location, if constructed, could become a station" in a broad network of such stops across the new system.
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) visited the Boring Company in California this month, walking in a tunnel to learn more about the technology the company says will make tunneling faster and cheaper.
The District's Department of Transportation is figuring out what other permits the Boring Company would need to cut under city roads and other public spaces, according to Bowser's chief of staff, John Falcicchio.
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(Score: 2) by frojack on Monday February 19 2018, @05:34AM (4 children)
How deep do you have to go before you leave private, city, and state jurisdictions?
How is it the federal government can offer rights to build underground anywhere outside of DC proper?
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday February 19 2018, @07:54AM (3 children)
https://www.gizmodo.com/2014/08/if-you-own-land-how-far-above-and-below-do-you-own/ [gizmodo.com]
Theoretically, there's never a piece of the underground where the ownership ceases.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by chromas on Monday February 19 2018, @08:37AM (1 child)
I get a 404 but I'm picturing a Cone of Ownership™ with the point centered on the Earth's core and extending outward to Infinity and Beyond.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday February 19 2018, @10:20AM
Try this: https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2014/08/if-you-own-land-how-far-above-and-below-do-you-own/ [gizmodo.com.au]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 1) by shrewdsheep on Monday February 19 2018, @08:49AM
As usual, there is some variety of regulations across the world:
https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2013/12/napoleon-bonaparte-and-mining-rights-in-france/ [loc.gov]