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ORLANDO, Fla. – The future of transportation in Central Florida is heading underground.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Shingle Creek Transit and Utility Community Development District has officially greenlit Elon Musk\u2019s The Boring Company<\/a> to tackle the persistent gridlock surrounding International Drive.<\/p>\n The backstory:<\/p>\n The decision follows months of speculation and a competitive bidding process including firms such as Glydways.<\/a><\/p>\n While other firms proposed elevated guide-way systems to save time, the District ultimately voted in favor of the subterranean vision.\u00a0<\/p>\n CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX LOCAL APP<\/a><\/p>\n This project aims to replicate the success of the “Vegas Loop” in Nevada, providing a seamless, high-speed link between Universal Orlando Resort\u2019s current attractions and the highly anticipated Epic Universe expansion.<\/p>\n What they’re saying:<\/p>\n The community response to ditching traditional buses for high-speed tunnels has been largely enthusiastic.<\/p>\n “We are very congested at certain times and certain hours and that would certainly help with people not having to budget their time,” said Mary Walters-Clark, resident.<\/p>\n SIGN-UP FOR FOX 35’S BREAKING NEWS, DAILY NEWS NEWSLETTERS<\/a><\/p>\n “I think it would be a new opportunity to lessen traffic load and good for visitors as well,” said Scott Heinz, resident.<\/p>\n What’s next:<\/p>\n Now that The Boring Company has been selected, the District will move into the next phase of planning. This includes:<\/p>\n Working with local businesses and Universal Orlando to finalize the route.Conducting deep dives into the operational and financial viability of the proposal.Establishing a concrete construction schedule to ensure the system is ready for the influx of visitors headed to Epic Universe. <\/p>\n The Source: This story was written based on information shared by The Shingle Creek Transit and Utility Community Development District.<\/p>\n \u00a0 Orange County News<\/a>Orlando News<\/a>Universal Studios Florida News<\/a>Transportation<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. – The future of transportation in Central Florida is heading underground.\u00a0 The Shingle Creek Transit and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[47,115,1335,139,141,140,2411,1798,3437,628],"class_list":{"0":"post-152611","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-fl","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-orange-county","11":"tag-orlando","12":"tag-orlando-headlines","13":"tag-orlando-news","14":"tag-theme-parks","15":"tag-transportation","16":"tag-universal-studios","17":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/wofl-the-boring-company-tunnel-loop.jpg\")
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