Boring Co. could tell us more on project

Alandmark event is expected to occur near the end of this week when the digging machine used by The Boring Co. for the Las Vegas Convention Center’s $52.5 million people mover completes the first of two tunnels and emerges from underground.

While Boring and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority have shared some details about the people mover and its future, there’s still a lot the public doesn’t know about it. You’d think that, since the project is being paid for with public funds, all parties involved would go out of their way to be transparent about it.

The LVCVA has held up its end for the most part, but when its representatives have to yield to the contractor on technical details, Boring isn’t as forthcoming on the project.

Company officials occasionally agree to be interviewed, but they prefer to speak off the record or on background, which isn’t helpful to readers, since we won’t publish off-therecord comments. And knowing the source of the material helps people evaluate the context of remarks.

As of late last week, the machine had chewed through 3,700 feet of dirt along the 4,300-foot length of one tunnel, according to LVCVA spokeswoman Lori Kraft.

Once the big drill completes the tunnel, the machine will be disassembled piece by piece from the endpoint near the west end of the new West Hall under construction on Convention Center Drive. It will then be transported back to the starting point off University Center Drive near the east end of the South Hall, where it will be reassembled to begin a

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