On 27 January, Lauderdale's mayor Trantalis has tweeted 'I had another productive conversation with @elonmusk's @boringcompanytoday about building a train tunnel through downtown #FortLauderdale. Broward Vice Mayor @Michaeludinejoined me for this discussion. #tunnelvision 1/'.
The news already in circulation was that Elon Musk's The Boring Company had been canvassing for a new tunneling project in Florida to replicate their success in Las Vegas (see the post Elon Musk now eyes Miami to build an underground transportation network).
Obviously TBC is now also in contact with Lauderdale. Most likely the parties are in the very early stages of talks. More like in 'getting acquainted' sort of talks. Teslarati, an Elon Musk ventures watcher gives a more detailed info than what Mayor Trantalis reveals in his tweet:
https://www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-boring-company-fort-lauderdale-tunnels/
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Elon Musk’s Boring Company in talks with Fort Lauderdale mayor for tunneling project
www.teslarati.comThe Boring Company (TBC) talked with Fort Lauderdale mayor Dean J. Trantalis about a potential tunneling project in New River recently. Mayor Trantalis stated that he, along with Vice Mayor Michael Udine and other officials, plan to visit the Boring...