Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Elon Musk's Boring Company Abandons Plans for West LA Tunnel
Hawthorne-based Boring Company, the company created by Elon Musk to create a network of underground tunnels to bypass traffic in Los Angeles, has abandoned plans to dig a tunnel on LA's Westwide. The company had hoped to build a tunnel below the 405 freeway and Sepulveda Boulevard. In a statement, the Boring Company said the change in plans came as a result of a lawsuit filed by the Brentwood Residents Coalition, Sunset Coalition, and Wendy-Sue Rosen against the City of Los Angeles and the Boring Company, which came as a result of the bypass of LA's typical environmental review process for the tunnel. The Boring Company said it still plans to dig its tunnel project under Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium, which is known as the "Dugout Loop". Musk had detailed his plan for solving LA's traffic woes in May including its now abandoned Sepulveda Boulevard tunnel effort.