The Elon Musk-owned Boring Company is planning to build out an underground transportation system in Las Vegas featuring 81 stations and 68 miles of total tunnels, after an expansion approval.
The Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved the Boring Co.’s plan to expand the system in the city’s jurisdiction, mainly downtown.
That addition brings the number of stations to be located within the city’s boundaries to 21. The remaining 60 would be located in Clark County’s jurisdiction, where the Boring Co.’s expansion in May was previously approved.
Stations within the city of Las Vegas would include city hall, the Strat, Circa, Palace Station, Area 15, the UNLV Medical District, Fremont Street Experience and Main Street.
The county’s portion of the system is mainly comprised of the area in-and-around the Strip, UNLV and Allegiant Stadium.
The only portion of the Vegas Loop in operation is centered on the Las Vegas Convention Center. There are three stations between three main expo halls at the facility. Two other links to the convention center are in the construction phase, with one to the Encore and the other to the Westgate.
The convention center loop has been operational for about two years and has seen 1.2 million passengers over that span. The highest daily capacity of the system so far has been 32,000 riders.
When work on the loop outside of the convention center will begin remains to be seen.
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal
