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posted by janrinok on Thursday June 14 2018, @03:58PM   Printer-friendly
from the not-boring dept.

Elon Musk's Boring Co. Wins Chicago Airport High-Speed Train Bid

Elon Musk's Boring Co. is the winner in a bid to build a multibillion-dollar high-speed express train to O'Hare International Airport, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The result gives the young company a big boost in legitimacy as it tries to get transportation projects underway in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.

The company beat out a consortium that included Mott MacDonald, the civil engineering firm that designed a terminal at London's Heathrow Airport, and JLC Infrastructure, an infrastructure fund backed by former basketball star Earvin "Magic" Johnson, said the people, who declined to be identified because they weren't authorized to speak publicly. The city is expected to announce the news as soon as Thursday, one person said.

It's a sizeable victory for a company that was launched just 18 months ago, is working with unproven futuristic ideas, and—aside from a test tunnel it is digging in the Los Angeles suburb Hawthorne, California—lacks construction experience.

Also at Chicago Tribune, CNBC, and The Verge.

Previously: Elon Musk to Compete for High-Speed Rail Loop in Chicago

Related: Elon Musk Claims to Have "Verbal Approval" to Build New York to Washington, D.C. Hyperloop
Washington, D.C. Granted Elon Musk's Boring Company an Excavation Permit for Possible Hyperloop
Elon Musk pitches $1, 150 MPH "Loop" Rides under Los Angeles


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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Phoenix666 on Thursday June 14 2018, @11:45PM (3 children)

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Thursday June 14 2018, @11:45PM (#693255) Journal

    Elon could set his boring machines to honeycomb under the metro Chicago area. Then, with the help of demolition charges, plunge the whole thing into the bowels of the earth, next to Satan, where it belongs.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 15 2018, @02:39AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 15 2018, @02:39AM (#693304)

    > ... plunge the whole thing into the bowels of the earth...

    You have to stop watching Batman, this just sounds like another villain attacking poor helpless Gotham City.

  • (Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Friday June 15 2018, @05:25PM

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Friday June 15 2018, @05:25PM (#693596) Homepage Journal

    When America was great, the Chicago Tunnel Company built so many tunnels under Chicago. Tunnels like you wouldn't believe. The likes of which you've never seen in your life. Hand crafted -- no machines, guys would cut them with a carving knife. And they're still there. But people don't use them -- except crooks. They're a crime infested and breeding area, so much "carnage" now. Sad!!!!

  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday June 15 2018, @05:54PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Friday June 15 2018, @05:54PM (#693611) Journal

    Elon could set his boring machines to honeycomb under the metro Chicago area. Then, with the help of demolition charges, plunge the whole thing into the bowels of the earth, next to Satan, where it belongs.

    That's kind of how Chicago was built in the first place!