Boring Co. Starts Mile-Long Tunnel at Morgan's
The Boring Company has begun construction on a nearly one-mile underground tunnel linking facilities on Morgan's Inclusion Campus in San Antonio.
Updated on Nov. 10, 2026 in Philanthropy
The Boring Company has begun construction on a nearly one-mile underground tunnel named Morgan's Inclusion Tunnel, which will connect Morgan's Hotel and Wonderland. The project is funded by a private anonymous donor and is part of the Tunnel Vision Challenge.
Why it matters
The tunnel is intended to improve access between major destinations on Morgan's Inclusion Campus, which serves children and adults with disabilities, their families, and caregivers. For San Antonio, it adds a notable accessibility project to a campus that already serves residents across the region.
The tunnel will run nearly one mile between Morgan's Hotel and Wonderland. The source does not provide cost figures or a completion timeline, and those details remain unannounced.
The players
The Boring Company
The Boring Company is an infrastructure and tunneling company founded by Elon Musk that focuses on underground transit and tunnel construction.
The details
The Boring Company is leading construction, and it delivered its Prufrock-5 machine to the Morgan's campus on October 14. The effort is named the Tunnel Vision Challenge and is funded by a private anonymous donor.
Timeline
October 14, 2026: The Boring Company delivered its Prufrock-5 machine to the Morgan's campus.
November 10, 2026: Construction on the tunnel is set to break ground.
Philanthropy Context
The project extends the Prufrock tunneling program into a community accessibility project, applying specialized tunnel-boring equipment to a nonprofit campus rather than a commercial transit line.
Once completed, the tunnel will give visitors and families at Morgan's Inclusion Campus a direct underground route between Morgan's Hotel and Wonderland. The source does not indicate when that route will open to the public.
The takeaway
A private donation paired with specialized tunneling equipment shows how philanthropic funding can deliver accessibility infrastructure for a nonprofit campus, and readers can follow how such projects progress through San Antonio's community organizations.
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