Elon Musk’s Boring Co. has started work on its first project in Bexar County, a tunnel connecting parts of the Morgan’s Wonderland campus on San Antonio’s Northeast Side.
The Bastrop-based tunneling company has set up a construction site near the entrance of the nonprofit amusement park, which is accessible to people with special needs.
The new “Morgan’s Inclusion Tunnel” will link the theme park with Morgan’s Hotel, a 93-room hotel being built about a mile away, to make it easier for people to move across the campus, said Frank Guerra, Morgan’s chief marketing officer.
The tunnel will also have stops at Morgan’s Multi-Assistance Center, a building for families to access programs and services, and Morgan’s Wonder Care, a daycare facility for children and young adults with complicated medical needs.
Tunnel plans outline route across Morgan’s campus
Plans filed with permits the city recently issued for the project show the tunnel bordering Wurzbach Parkway and winding underneath portions of David Edwards Drive, Quarry Park and Buzzi Way. It would stretch roughly from the hotel to southeast of Toyota Field, where San Antonio FC plays its home games. Morgan’s Wonderland founder Gordon Hartman sold the park to the city and Bexar County in 2015. The area also includes Heroes Stadium, the North East Independent School District football stadium…