Does anyone know how the legal rights to dig actually work? It seems like he's moving really fast.... I would have expected the permitting, and rights process would have taken years.
17 miles in a year? I don’t know about that. But half of that isn’t outside the realms of feasibility using standard technology and process especially with the small diameter of this tunnel (13.5’).
The tunneling part is actually not that costly. When we think of big expensive subway projects and the like the major cost component is the stations. Still I hope he shows that vertically integrating the whole project and running continuously can drive down costs. The Spanish have shown similar results in the past (before their economy blew up).
I think at the speed of these bores, there'd be a fortune to make boring from HWY-74 in Lake Elsinore through the Ortega's into San Juan Capistrano. Especially if one were to buy a large number of currently "cheap" properties in Lake Elsinore before the project begins.
They kinda pushed and rushed this, it’s not how large-impact projects should be done. Possibly wasteful and inconsiderate, and this public-private partnership smells fishy
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I'm also interested to know if this is in a right-of-way or Musk is buying rights from individual landowners. My guess is right of way.
The tunneling part is actually not that costly. When we think of big expensive subway projects and the like the major cost component is the stations. Still I hope he shows that vertically integrating the whole project and running continuously can drive down costs. The Spanish have shown similar results in the past (before their economy blew up).