One of the largest homebuilders in the nation, Lennar Corp., is working with Musk’s the Boring Company to build a subdivision with more than 100 homes off of FM 1209, near FM 969, the Austin Business Journal reported. Humbly dubbed “Project Amazing,” the development will support workers in the Pflugerville area.
Bastrop County Commissioner Mel Hamner presented the plans during a commissioners court meeting last week. While Hamner said the development would create about 1,200 jobs, other county officials said it would likely create a few hundred temporary jobs.
Homes would rise somewhere on the 450 acres owned by Musk shell companies near the Boring Company’s headquarters on Walker-Watson Road.
Four new street names will crop up with the development: Boring Boulevard, Cutterhead Xing, Porpoise Place and Waterjet Way.
Ever since Musk moved himself and his business from California to the Austin area, people have wondered where employees of the new facilities would live. Buses have been seen bringing workers to the worksite from as far away as Killeen, about an hour drive, the ABJ reports.
This deal would mark another partnership between Miami-based Lennar and Boring, as the homebuilder invested in Boring’s $675 million funding last year.
Musk, the second richest person in the world according to Forbes, hasn’t been making a lot of friends in his new home of Texas. Neighbors have consistently complained about the billionaire’s projects’ impact on the local ecological systems and his companies’ lack of transparency.
Ecological concerns in the area stem from recent wildfires and floods. Residents fear damage could worsen as the Boring Co. digs underground tunnels and aims to dump treated wastewater into the Colorado River. One complaint involved the erection of a chain-link fence, which residents said Musk’s companies promised they would not do.
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