A giant drill called Godot Plus broke through a wall near the spot
where it will connect to the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Not all of Elon
Musk’s projects have been thwarted by the coronavirus pandemic. While the
billionaire clashed this week with local officials over restarting production
at a Tesla factory in California, his tunnel-drilling company hit a new
milestone.
A giant drill called Godot Plus broke through a wall near the spot where it will connect to the Las Vegas Convention Center.
The event marked
the final phase of excavation for the project’s two main transportation tunnels
and will allow Musk’s Boring to collect its next portion of a total $48.7
million in payment from the Las
Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
“From a
construction standpoint, we’re comfortably in the schedule,” said Steve Hill,
the authority’s chief executive officer. In fact, he said Boring Co. is
“somewhat ahead,” making him confident that the company’s planned
transportation network will be open to the public on time, by January.
The milestone
comes just one year after the LVCVA approved the project, and the completion of
both tunnels signals remarkably speedy progress for major infrastructure
construction.
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