24 January 2018 Elon Musk’s tunnelling start-up, The Boring Company, has put forward plans to build a second tunnel underneath the streets of Los Angeles. Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox. Sign up According to Engadget, council members are concerned the tunnel, which sends cars through a series of underground tubes at high speeds, would “undermine public options”. The council also claims “a private system wouldn't be held to the same standards” as public transport. Speaking at the meeting, Culver City council member Meghan Sahli-Wells said the system “looks super-sexy and super-easy, but it's half-baked from a public perspective”, BBC News reports. However, a spokesperson from The Boring Company told the news site that, apart from a few exceptions, the firm had received “very positive” feedback from councils and governments across the US about its hi-tech transport tunnels. Meanwhile, Electrek says the company has already completed a 100 metre stretch of its first tunnel, which is being built underneath the SpaceX headquarters’ car park in the LA neighbourhood of Hawthorne. The local council recently gave Musk’s start-up the green light to extend the tunnel by an extra two miles towards Los Angeles International Airport, the site says. Explore More