Musk Floats Idea That Would Let Him Double-Dip


By Diego Garcia III ★ Editor of The Brownsville Beacon

County administrator Pete Sepulveda talked to The Brownsville Herald about an idea an Elon Musk company called Boring — no, seriously, it's The Boring Company — digging a tunnel from the southern end of South Padre Island to the northern end of Boca Chica Beach.

This would open the beach up and solve the problem of the all-too-frequent beach closures and allow access to the northern end of Boca Chica.

So, here's the proposal. Instead of keeping to the original legal binding deal which very specifically laid out a set schedule for public road and beach closures, Musk would continue to close off the beach access whenever he wanted. In exchange, his Boring company would dig a tunnel so his employees living out at Laguna Vista and Laguna Madre would be able to just cut across and they'd be at the SpaceX facility in no time, flat.

Oh, and the public would be able to use the road, too, I suppose. Yeah, I guess.

Sepulveda says the tunnel would be a good idea since it'd be less environmentally impacting than tearing up the surface and building an alternate route to the beach.

Here's the best part — Sepulveda met with The Boring Company and made it clear the road would have to be funded by means outside the county. In other words, Musk would have to foot the bill for the construction himself.

I'm almost certain he'll be able to afford it. He probably has enough money to fund this project in his pant pockets. However, funding this road means it could very well turn into a private road patrolled by the Musk Secret Police to be used by the emoloyees of SpaceX.

The best part of The Herald's reporting is the way Selulveda sees this as a legitimate project just as long as the county doesn't have to pay for anything. 

Why don't you just empower the county to crack down on the original agreement and tell Musk if he wants to build his own public road, or tunnel, or sky bridge, for everyone's use, he can close State Highway 4 and his small section of beach whenever he wants?

He's not hurting for money. He says he cares about the people and the community.

Prove it.

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