Elon Musk’s tunneling company is one step closer to digging in Dallas, after a site in the southern part of the city was selected as a winner of a competition for The Boring Company’s next project on Tuesday.
Hoque Global’s project in University Hills was initially named in a list of 16 finalists that were selected out of 487 submissions. Early Tuesday morning, the Dallas site was named in a list of three winners for the project.
Mike Hoque, CEO of Hoque Global, said in a statement that it was an honor to win the competition.
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“University Hills is innovative in all of its features to bring connectivity and growth, and this recognition highlights the development’s landmark work for Dallas and Southern Dallas, and shows how emerging infrastructure solutions can strengthen access to transit, jobs and opportunity for the surrounding community,” Hoque said.
Winning this competition is a testament to southern Dallas, said Dallas City Council member Lorie Blair, whose district includes the University Hills project.
“The City of Dallas and its residents are working hard to attract innovative developments that benefit residents and lift up the economy and image of the Southern Dallas and this is a sign of greater things to come,” Blair said in a statement.
The Boring Company creates tunnel passageways to transform city travel and is one of Elon Musk’s companies along with SpaceX, Tesla and X. The company hosted the Tunnel Vision Challenge, which called on individuals, companies and governments to submit proposals.
In addition to University Hills, The Boring Company announced that Ravens Loop in Baltimore and NOLA Loop in New Orleans were the other two winners.
The company was expected to announce a single project winner from its 16 projects but instead chose a triplet. In a social media post, the company said it was overwhelmed with the submissions and decided to broaden the number of selectees.
The next steps for The Boring Company and project stakeholders include meeting with elected officials and other community leaders. The company will also look into utility and subsurface investigations and geotechnical borings.
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The projects will be built and funded if they are deemed feasible after those meetings and investigations, according to the X post.
When the Dallas site was announced as a finalist, the city of Dallas released a statement that said the project would come at no cost to the city.
The University Hills Loop will connect a future commercial area of the Hoque Global project to the University of North Texas at Dallas DART Station if the tunnel is fully approved.
In a statement, Dallas City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert said the project shows how technology can help improve connectivity and demonstrates Dallas’ commitment to forward thinking infrastructure ideas.
Construction is underway at the University Hills site, selected in Elon Musk’s Boring Co. tunneling competition, near East Wheatland Road and South Lancaster Road in Dallas on March 12, 2026. (Steve Nurenberg/Special Contributor)
Hoque had previously said the University Hills project would connect to the nearby university campus, regardless of whether the Dallas development was selected for the Boring Company’s project.
UNT Dallas President Warren von Eschenbach said in a statement that the university is pleased with the tunnel and the increased access to its campus and the region the tunnel will provide.
Hoque Global’s project near Interstate 20 and Lancaster Road is set to include hundreds of single-family homes, 1,500 apartments, 1.5 million square feet of commercial space and other features.
Infrastructure work is underway and lots will be delivered to homebuilders in early 2027. The homes will be built by D.R. Horton and Lennar, which bought the lots back in 2024.
Additionally, The Boring Company expects to continue to work with two other bids, the Henderson Utility Tunnel in Henderson, Tenn., and Morgan’s Wonderland Tunnel in San Antonio.
Sites in Bastrop, Woodland Township and Waco were among the list of finalists, but were not selected.