Working in the darkness beneath the Las Vegas Strip didn’t keep Elon Musk’s The Boring Co. out of sight of a new investigation into the environmental, health, and safety violations it has so far committed during the construction of the Vegas Loop transportation system. This photo, from a 2023 OSHA report, shows a Vegas Loop tunnel, through which Boring Co. employees are forced to walk while working, flooded with sludge containing dangerous chemicals. (Image: OSHA) Initially envisioned as a people-mover between different areas of the Las Vegas Convention Center, the Vegas Loop is now expanding to cover 68 miles with 104 stops from the airport to downtown. It consists of individual Tesla cars transporting 2-3 people at a time at an average speed of 30 mph. Locals disparagingly refer to them as “Tesla tunnels.” Based largely on Freedom of Information Act requests, the investigation, authored by journalists and Dayvid Figler for ProPublica, found several previously unreported violations of building and… Read More
Category: Las Vegas, Regulation, Boring Co., Elon Musk, fines, report, Vegas Loop, violations
Source: Casino.org
