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| Background: Texas has a public beach access law. Only one road currently goes to the Boca Chica Beach. You can see the location of the proposed tunnel at the Google maps coordinates below. Both North Padre, South Padre and Boca Chica beaches are normally driven upon after entering the beach from a road. This will just keep the beach accessible for use while moving big stuff like rockets down Hwy 4. |
26.064878288335837, -97.1521177586713 - location.
The Boring Company (TBC) met with Cameron County officials to discuss the possibility of a tunnel project running from South Padre Island (SPI) to Boca Chica Beach.
The Boring Company pitched the idea of an SPI-Boca Chica tunnel to Cameron County administrator Pete Sepulveda Jr. and county engineer Benjamin Worsham early this summer. Cameron County officials have been thinking of giving people access to part of Boca Chica Beach even during closures.
SpaceX activity has been steadily increasing as it continues to develop the Starship program. In August alone, Cameron County issued at least 13 public notices ordering temporary and intermittent closures due to SpaceX’s activities.
To give people access to the beach during closures, The Boring Company proposed digging a tunnel from the south end of SPI to the north end of Boca Chica Beach.
“From what we understand from SpaceX is there is a good portion of the beach that can remain open if there was access to it, even though the road is closed and even though a portion of the beach is closed,” Sepulveda told The Brownsville Herald.
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