11:09 AM CDT July 9, 2021 Updated: 7:21 PM CDT July 9, 2021 BASTROP, Texas — Elon Musk's The Boring Company is purchasing more land in the Austin area for the tunneling startup. Gapped Bass LLC purchased 73 acres of land in northwest Bastrop in May, according to a report from the Austin Business Journal. The entity is tied to top executives at The Boring Company and the address listed in multiple state filings for its Pflugerville warehouse. The Boring Company is Musk’s tunnel construction business that “creates safe, fast-to-dig, and low-cost transportation, utility and freight tunnels,” according to the company’s website. The 73-acre Bastrop site is located near State Highway 71 and Farm Road 1209. The company announced last month that is hiring for 20 positions in the Austin area, including director of finance and field engineer for a Bastrop site. This was the first time the company publicly recognized it had a location in the Austin area, according to the Austin Business Journal. Related Articles