![]() The development and tunnel will be at FM 1626 and Marketplace in the city. As part of its agreement with the city, the developer will front the $3 million cost for the tunnel project. ![]() The tunnel, if ultimately approved, will be a part of the Kyle Crossing Phase II, a development being built by Central Southwest Texas Development. “If we can’t go over, then I guess we go under,” he said of the decision to propose an underpass. The City Council originally wanted to build a bridge over the tracks, but plans were scrapped after it was deemed too costly and unsafe, Ellison said. The tunnel is meant to help people get safely from one side of the tracks to the other, and it will connect two parts of a large, $90 million commercial and retail development that ultimately will be a part of the Vybe. Plans for the Kyle pedestrian tunnel still need to be approved by Union Pacific. Passengers would pay $10 or $12 to ride in Tesla electric vehicles for a 10-minute trip from the airport to downtown or a two-minute trip from downtown to the Pearl. The company is making headlines in San Antonio for its plans to build a tunnel transit system from San Antonio International Airport to downtown. The company is headquartered in Pflugerville, about 45 minutes northeast of Kyle, on the other side of Austin. was founded in 2017 by Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, and aims to create “safe, fast-to-dig, and low-cost transportation, utility, pedestrian and freight tunnels,” according to Boring Co. “Staff made the recommendation to go with the Boring Company.” “The Boring Company had (a proposal) that certainly paid a lot of attention to our city,” while the other company did not, Ellison said. ![]() The Boring Company Show More Show Less 2 of2Ī rendering shows what the proposed pedestrian underpass tunnel could look like on a railroad section in Kyle, Texas. A rendering shows what the proposed pedestrian underpass tunnel could look like on a railroad section in Kyle, Texas.
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