Elon Musk's neighbors scuttled plans for his West LA tunnel

Elon Musk just witnessed the might of the Not In My Backyard empire firsthand.

Musk's Boring Company and West Los Angeles neighborhood associations have settled a lawsuit, brought by the groups, to prevent the Boring Company from digging a test tunnel for high speed transport without an environmental impact report, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday. 

The terms of the settlement are reportedly confidential, but Musk's company won't be pursuing the West LA tunnel that would have run beneath Sepulveda Boulevard anymore. 

Instead, the Boring Company will continue work on its Dodger Stadium tunnel. It also recently completed its Hawthorne tunnel, which is set to open with tests for the public on December 10. Musk recently tweeted images of his drillers "breaking through" to the far end of the tunnel, and congratulated the team on the tunnel's compleiton. Read more...

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