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Elon Musk Begins Work on Hyperloop Tunnel from Baltimore to Washington

The Maryland Department of Transportation has given conditional approval to Musk’s firm to dig miles of tunnel under state roads to be used for the privately funded project, Hogan spokesman Doug Mayer said.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) -- taking a cue from the big splash, low information PR strategy of Elon Musk -- tweeted Thursday that Musk’s Boring Company is going to build a Hyperloop tunnel from Baltimore to Washington.

 
“So, get ready,” Hogan said in a rough video after adjusting his shades.
 
Hogan said in another tweet that his administration is proud “to support The Boring Company to bring rapid electric transportation to MD -- connecting Baltimore City to D.C.”
 
The first of the digging will take place in Maryland, a Hogan aide said.
 
Musk, the electric car pioneer and budding tunnel builder, said this summer that he had “verbal govt approval” to build one of his super-high-speed pod-and-tube transportation systems, known as a Hyperloop, that could make the trip from New York to Washington in 29 minutes. The system would work by shooting pods in vacuum-sealed tubes at high speeds. Musk also announced this summer that he had completed the first segment of his first tunnel, in Los Angeles.
Elizabeth Daigneau is GOVERNING's managing editor.
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