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An image of The Boring Company’s R&D tunnel in Hawthorne, California, from the company’s website. [Image: The Boring Company]<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not every day a city gets a free tunnel. But Dallas could soon have those bragging rights, thanks to an announcement from Elon Musk\u2019s Boring Company. <\/p>\n
Dallas-based Hoque Global\u2019s $1 billion University Hills development<\/a>\u2014a 270-acre project near the UNT Dallas campus that could \u201crewrite perceptions\u201d of Southern Dallas\u2014has been named one of three winners in The Boring Company\u2019s \u201cTunnel Vision Challenge.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n To win a free tunnel\u2014up to 1 mile long and 12 feet in inner diameter\u2014487 entrants submitted proposals for a tunnel could solve real-world problems in innovative ways. It would need to get people from Point A to Point B, whether it be \u201ca Loop tunnel, a freight tunnel, a pedestrian tunnel, a utility tunnel, a water tunnel, or any other use case where a tunnel would be useful.\u201d<\/p>\n Boring\u2019s Loop tunnels are designed to transport passengers in human-driven (and one day, potentially self-driving) Tesla vehicles, bypassing surface traffic. The narrow, subterranean tunnels speed passengers straight to their destination, with test speeds reaching over 100 miles per hour.\u00a0<\/p>\n Rendering of Hoque Global\u2019s University Hills development near the UNT Dallas campus in Southern Dallas. [Image: Page]<\/p>\n Two weeks ago, the University Hills project was named one of 16 finalists<\/a> in the competition. The walkable urban neighborhood broke ground last May and is slated to include a town center, 580 homes, around 1,500 apartments, 1.5 million square feet of commercial space, and 50-plus acres of open green space\u2014all near the intersection of I-20 and Lancaster Road.<\/p>\n University Hills\u2019 proposed Loop tunnel would be located at the development and connect to the University of North Texas Dallas DART Station.<\/p>\n Three tunnel winners named Photo: The Boring Company<\/p>\n Initially, The Boring Company said one winner would be selected from the initial 487 entrants. But today\u2019s announcement posted on X<\/a> said a \u201cThrilling Three\u201d projects would actually now be eligible for free tunnels: the University Hills project in Dallas; the NOLA Loop in New Orleans, Louisiana; and the Ravens Loop in Baltimore, Maryland.<\/p>\n Before digging starts on the loop\u2014with Boring\u2019s advanced tunnel boring machine, Prufrock, installing its own structural tunnel lining while it \u201cporpoises\u201d its way down into the earth and back up out the other end\u2014Hoque Global and the city of Dallas have to jump through some hoops.<\/p>\n \u2018Rigorous diligence process\u2019 comes next<\/p>\n The Boring Co. and University Hills stakeholders will now enter into a \u201crigorous diligence process\u201d that meetings with elected officials, regulators, community leaders, and business leaders. The process will also incude \u201cgeotechnical borings\u201d and a utility and subsurface infrastructure investigation.<\/p>\n That process will be \u201c100% funded\u201d by The Boring Co. If all three winning projects are deemed feasible, the company says it will fund and build all three. If only one is deemed feasible, that will be the only one built.<\/p>\n Additionally, The Boring Co. named two other submitted projects it found \u201cso compelling,\u201d the company will \u201ccontinue to work with the entrants and try to get them built.\u201d Those two additional projects are the Hendersonville Utility Tunnel in Hendersonville, Tennessee, and Morgan\u2019s Wonderland Tunnel in San Antonio, Texas.<\/p>\n Las Vegas Loop has operated since 2021<\/p>\n The Boring Company currently operates the Las Vegas Convention Center Loop, which went into service in 2021 and expanded in 2024 to 2.1 miles with 5 stations. As noted above, it uses Tesla EVs to move passengers through the tunnel. To date, that Loop has transported over 3 million passengers\u2014with a planned expansion aiming to create a larger \u201cVegas Loop\u201d connecting hotels, the Las Vegas airport, and Allegiant Stadium.<\/p>\n Other Boring Company projects planned or underway include the Music City Loop in Nashville, Tennessee; the Dubai Loop in the United Arab Emirates; and the three project winners announced today.<\/p>\n The Boring Company\u2019s announcement was posted today on X.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t miss what\u2019s next. Subscribe\u00a0to\u00a0Dallas\u00a0Innovates.<\/p>\n Track Dallas-Fort Worth\u2019s business and innovation landscape with our curated news in your inbox Tuesday-Thursday.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \tR E A D\u00a0\u00a0 N E X T\t<\/p>\n \t At the Global Mission Summit on Oct. 8\u201310, leaders and innovators are rethinking business\u2014where purpose is infrastructure, profit fuels impact, and legacy means leaving more than returns behind. Behind it are investor Michael Moe and Dallas developer Mike Hoque, and their newly formed Global Mission Institute.<\/p>\n \t University Hills could ultimately feature a town center, hundreds of single-family homes, around 1,500 apartments, 1.5 million square feet of commercial space, a hotel, a mixed-use stadium, and 50-plus acres of open green space\u2014all near the intersection of I-20 and Lancaster Road and adjacent to UNT at Dallas.<\/p>\n \t Hoque Global’s $1 billion University Hills development\u2014a 270-acre project near the UNT Dallas campus that could \u201crewrite perceptions\u201d of Southern Dallas\u2014is one of 16 finalists in The Boring Company’s “Tunnel Vision Challenge.” The winner gets a free tunnel up to one mile long and 12 feet in inner diameter.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Rendering-of-University-Hills-development-near-UNT-Dallas-campus-in-Southern-Dallas-CREDIT-PAGE-970-.jpeg\")
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