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re: Musk's Boring Co will build a passenger tunnel in NOLA for free, one of 3 winning cities
Posted on 3/24/26 at 10:41 am to The Boat
Posted on 3/24/26 at 10:41 am to The Boat
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Good to see we're getting a replacement for the Belle Chasse Unn
Make em say UNN na na na na
This post was edited on 3/24/26 at 1:23 pm
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Posted on 3/24/26 at 10:42 am to Fun Bunch
Will become graffiti-covered, drug infested hell hole within 24 hours.
Posted on 3/24/26 at 10:43 am to WG_Dawg
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Like yeah Old Man Johnson down on the corner has lived here 70 years and is well respected on the block but wtf is he gonna know about tunnel infrastructure lol
He knows that tunnels are racist and Elon is a nazi
Posted on 3/24/26 at 10:50 am to blueboy
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Will become graffiti-covered, drug infested hell hole within 24 hours.
Seems like that wouldn't be feasible without getting run over by a Tesla.
Posted on 3/24/26 at 10:52 am to Zephyrius
If New Orleans completed one construction project ahead of schedule they could live off that accomplishment like the Super Bowl.
Posted on 3/24/26 at 10:56 am to Fun Bunch
The New Orleans officials will find a way to frick it up.
Posted on 3/24/26 at 10:57 am to Fun Bunch
Looking forward to seeing how fast NOLA screws this up.
Posted on 3/24/26 at 10:58 am to boosiebadazz
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The New Orleans officials will find a way to frick it up.
LOL beat me to it.
Posted on 3/24/26 at 10:59 am to Fun Bunch
New Orleans will be a learning experience definitely.
Are they building for drainage or transportation?
Are they building for drainage or transportation?
Posted on 3/24/26 at 11:17 am to Bjorn Cyborg
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He knows that tunnels are racist and Elon is a nazi
Only if they had John Henry out there boring the hole.
Posted on 3/24/26 at 11:30 am to boosiebadazz
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The New Orleans officials will find a way to frick it up.
100%
Boring Co. will realize the corruption and ineptitude quickly and move on.
Posted on 3/24/26 at 11:31 am to vl100butch
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The old Belle Chasse tunnel is a great example...but the Harvey never had the problems that Belle Chasse had.
Houma has a tunnel too. The only issue was that the tunnel should have been 4 lanes instead of two. Only in south Louisiana you reduce 4 lanes to two just to cross underwater.
Harvey was also rehabbed. They redid the porcelain walls. DOTD is supposed to rehab the Houma Tunnel next and that will be a cluster f of traffic if they close it for months like the Harvey Tunnel.
This post was edited on 3/24/26 at 11:34 am
Posted on 3/24/26 at 11:32 am to Fun Bunch
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I'm curious as to the idea of where this would be to best meet the "usefulness" criteria, though.
Let's get a Mississippi River tunnel going.
Go big or go home.
Posted on 3/24/26 at 11:36 am to Stealth Matrix
What's more feasible:
Tunnel under New Orleans; or,
'Ike Dike' to install a giant seawall and floodgates covering the entirety of Galveston Bay?
Tunnel under New Orleans; or,
'Ike Dike' to install a giant seawall and floodgates covering the entirety of Galveston Bay?
Posted on 3/24/26 at 11:38 am to Fun Bunch
What's with all this loser talk about sea level? Have none of you uncultured swine ridden the Chunnel?
Posted on 3/24/26 at 11:42 am to boxcarbarney
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What would be the point of putting a tunnel loop in New Orleans? What purpose would it serve?
Airport to downtown/conference center
NOLA is one of the most prolific cities in the country for hosting events. Showing off a tunnel for direct access to airport would be a huge proof of concept win for TBC and the city, especially given the exposure to tourists/conference attendees.
It’s not as long or ambitious of a project as say Ohare to downtown Chicago so has a higher probability of technical success you could assume from that standpoint. Also proving this can be done in an area with the water table and terrain would be a big win.
Posted on 3/24/26 at 11:47 am to boosiebadazz
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The New Orleans officials will find a way to frick it up.
Of course. That's a given. They will steal the money and nothing will get done. Then, they will turn around and blame.......Elon, or Trump, or Vance, or Jeff Landry, or (pick anyone with an R by their name).
Will the same people who make this observation today go along with the NOLA pols and blame Elon too when the inevitable happens?
Posted on 3/24/26 at 11:50 am to Stealth Matrix
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Let's get a Mississippi River tunnel going.
One in Baton Rouge would never be ready in time!
Posted on 3/24/26 at 11:52 am to NorCali
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Airport to downtown/conference center NOLA is one of the most prolific cities in the country for hosting events. Showing off a tunnel for direct access to airport would be a huge proof of concept win for TBC and the city, especially given the exposure to tourists/conference attendees.
In the OP it references a one mile loop for the free tunnel, so this wouldn’t be feasible.
Posted on 3/24/26 at 11:55 am to NorCali
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Airport to downtown/conference center
NOLA is one of the most prolific cities in the country for hosting events. Showing off a tunnel for direct access to airport would be a huge proof of concept win for TBC and the city, especially given the exposure to tourists/conference attendees.
It’s not as long or ambitious of a project as say Ohare to downtown Chicago so has a higher probability of technical success you could assume from that standpoint. Also proving this can be done in an area with the water table and terrain would be a big win.
Interesting. I have no idea how this technology works, but there is a lot of occupied real estate and canals between Kenner and downtown. I wonder how that would work.
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