Miami Mayor Francis Suarez wants the federal government to help pay for Elon Musk's Boring Company to build a congestion-reducing tunnel under his city, he told Bloomberg on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Suarez is aiming for Musk's firm to bankroll a tunnel project and charge a fee for people to use it, but he also plans to ask US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about the potential for federal funding, Bloomberg reported.<\/p>\n
\"It would be wonderful if the federal government would involve itself in this project,\" Suarez said during a Bloomberg Radio interview.<\/p>\n
Musk first expressed interest in tunneling under Miami in a January tweet, saying \"Cars & trucks stuck in traffic generate megatons of toxic gases & particulate, but @boringcompany road tunnels under Miami would solve traffic & be an example to the world.\" Since then, Suarez has spoken with Musk, toured The Boring Company's Las Vegas tunnel project, and met with company representatives.<\/p>\n
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The initial plan centered around a traffic-curbing tunnel under the Miami River, which Musk said would cost $30 million and take six months to build, Suarez said previously. Miami-Dade County transit officials said in 2018 that the project would cost nearly $1 billion and span four years, according to The Miami Herald.<\/p>\n
Now, Suarez is considering a more ambitious system that mirrors what The Boring Company is developing in Las Vegas, Bloomberg reported. He told the outlet that he envisions a network of tunnels that would connect several key destinations and potentially slash a 40-minute trip to five minutes.<\/p>\n
Suarez also told Bloomberg he hopes Musk will move the headquarters of The Boring Company, Tesla, and SpaceX to Miami.<\/p>\n
The Boring Company aims to build underground roadways where people could hail a self-driving Tesla vehicle and get out at a designated stop. The firm's critics say all Musk has done is reinvent public transit, but with vehicles that can carry fewer passengers.<\/p>\n
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