Boring Company officials recently announced the company will be looking into creating tunnels at other locations in Nevada.
The expansion would come after the company finishes its current 68-mile, 104-station Vegas Loop project in Las Vegas. The project is tentatively scheduled to finish between 2028 and 2029. Once construction is complete, the company will look into creating tunnels in Henderson and Summerlin.
Officials went on to say the company would be interested in creating a one-mile tunnel in each suburb to demonstrate how they are to be used.
President Steve Davis also discussed the prospect of creating a “hyperloop service” to connect Las Vegas to Reno. He provided a $100M estimate to create a 440-mile hyperloop chain between Nevada’s two largest cities.
Davis also said he would be interested in creating another hyperloop service between Las Vegas and Phoenix. Davis did note, however, that to accomplish intercity travel, the tunnelling machines would need to be able to dig significantly faster. He was optimistic the technology will be capable of digging at faster speeds in the near future.
An additional problem is permitting. For example, the Vegas Loop project requires 600 permits despite only being 68 miles. Boring Co. only has slightly more than 100 at the time of writing.
UNLV Denies Station Directly on Campus
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, recently denied a potential Vegas Loop station at its campus. UNLV said the station could lead to issues surrounding parking enforcement. Officials do not want locals to treat the campus as a sort of park and ride.
Notably, the Boring Co. was offering to build the station for free. Additionally, the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents approved the sale of a portion of a parking lot between Tropicana Avenue and East Naples Drive to the Boring Co.
As the tunneling will be 50 feet below the surface, the university is not expecting it to cause any disruptions. Some UNLV students spoke against the Boring Co. developing near campus due to worker safety and environmental concerns.
For example, ProPublica and City Cast Las Vegas recently reported allegations surrounding the tunnelling company’s evasion of local and state oversight requirements for both environmental and labor matters. This led to contaminated water waste leaking into public streets. Construction fluids reportedly left by the company have been described as a “green sludge pool.”
The company faced more than $112K in fines after the Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration held an investigation that found “ankle-deep water in the tunnels, muck spills and severe chemical burns.” Nearly 800 accusations have been made by state regulators against the company in the last two years surrounding environmental regulation violations.
Clark County told the Las Vegas Sun in February 2025 that the Boring Co. was following fire and building codes and had been working to better implement safer working conditions.
Later, in November, it was revealed that three OSHA citations surrounding firefighters facing chemical burns due to their involvement in the tunnels were withdrawn after company officials met with senior state officials. Gov. Joe Lombardo’s office got involved after the citations were raised. The involvement led to the removal of both the penalties and public records surrounding the incident.
