RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. (KNX) — The San Bernardino County Transportation Authority is moving forward with plans to build a tunnel to connect Rancho Cucamonga's Metrolink station to Ontario Airport after SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk pulled out of the project.
The Boring Co., another company founded by Elon Musk, had proposed the project, linking the Rancho Cucamonga Metrolink station to Ontario Airport via a nearly 4-mile underground tunnel in 2019, according to the Daily Bulletin.
It's not the first time Musk has put forward a tunnel to bypass Southern California traffic. He has done so in Hawthorne, where SpaceX was based. He's proposed others beneath Sepulveda Boulevard, along the 405 Freeway. Yet another Musk proposal would link Dodger Stadium to Los Feliz, East Hollywood, or Rampart Village.
But when the San Bernardino County transit officials wanted a third party to look into the impacts of such a tunnel, The Boring Co. declined to submit a project impact proposal or continue pursuing the project, the newspaper reported.
So San Bernardino County officials are moving forward with the plan but changing it to be a pair of tunnels that passengers enter through above-ground stations. The goal: whisk travelers to their destinations in less than 10 minutes.
If their timeline proceeds as planned, such a service could start as early as 2027.
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