Elon Musk's Boring Company has continued its path towards a tunnel-filled transportation future, with the billionaire announcing his company has completed "the first segment" of a tunnel in Los Angeles.

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No longer waiting for Godot. It has begun boring and just completed the first segment of tunnel in LA. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 28, 2017

Musk tweeted out the news stating that Godot, the Samuel Beckett-inspired tunnel, has begun boring. He offered no further information, but did note thatGodot had failed to beat the speed of a snail mascot the company keeps in its offices, Gary, and that the company has "a long way to go" before it could challenge that speed.

It's still unclear how any real tunnels dug by the Boring Company will actually be used. Musk's company has laid out an ambitious plan for filling the tunnels with electric sleds that will carry cars at rapid speeds upwards of 124 mph underground. Musk has had preliminary talks with the mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, but no concrete plan have yet emerged. Currently, the company only has permission to do tests underneath the facilities of another of Musk's companies, SpaceX.

Musk has expressed frustration with the complexity of public works projects, which his tunnels would be, and clearly has a penchant to build first, sign permits later.

Source: SlashGear

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