Chicago, look to the future and go ahead with Musk’s tunnel to O’Hare

I agree that there should be solid parameters concerning the Tesla tunnel project to O’Hare. But if we have it in writing that Elon Musk is going to build this tunnel with his own money and recoup that money by running the tunnel kind of like a tollway system, more power to him. Are we going to worry every time someone says they are going to invest in the city? Are we going to badger them to the point of them walking away?

I’ve seen some of the mayor’s political adversaries claiming $ 20 or $ 25 probably would be too much for an executive or anyone to pay coming from O’Hare to downtown. When was the last time any of these geniuses called Uber or Lyft or maybe even just a taxi or limousine? I think it’s time to quit playing politics every time someone decides to build something in Chicago. Like the LucasMuseum on the lakefront, that was supposed to be friends of the park fighting against it? No, it was one of the mayor’s political adversaries, like Juanita Irizarry, driving a stake through its heart.

If the city ever wants to move forward, then it needs to start looking forward. Every single time there is an opportunity to put Chicago in a class by itself, we have some political shenanigans by those who claim to have knowledge but really possess none. If Amazon comes to Chicago, that would be great! The O’Hare Airport upgrades would definitely help in that category, the Tesla tunnel would definitely help in that category. It will also help as you say, bring more businesses to the city.

So let’s go ahead and do this, because not only will this benefit those coming from O’Hare Airport, it will also help revitalize downtown, and it will bring more jobs to the Loop and near Loop areas. I think that’s a benefit. I think that a tunnel coming from the South Side of the city to downtown would be beneficial for revitalizing downtown areas, or from the airport to the South Side. The ability to transverse the city in a few minutes could really benefit all citizens citywide.

THE BORING COMPANYVIAAP Small pods like these would travel on an underground tunnel network from O’Hare to downtown Chicago under the proposal by Elon Musk and The Boring Company.