A conditional utility permit has been given to Elon Musk’s Boring Company for a 10.3-mile long tunnel beneath the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, the Baltimore Sun reported. The tunnel will be under a state-owned portion of the highway, between the Baltimore city line and MD-175 in Hanover.

This is a small portion of what Musk hopes will become a stretch of a tunnel from New York to Washington, D.C. The trip, which would include stops in Baltimore and Philadelphia, would take a total of 29 minutes, the Baltimore Sun said. 

What will end up being a multibillion-dollar project will not receive any state funding, aides said to the Baltimore Sun. Gov. Larry Hogan, who visited a site in Hanover that could be an entry point for the system, stated his excitement for the project on Facebook.

The hyperloop system will be treated as a utility, and as such only required a utility permit for construction to begin, the report noted. This doesn’t seem to be an issue for Maryland’s Transportation Secretary Pete Rahn, who noted, “We have all sorts of utilities beneath our roadways.”

Rahn also expressed excitement over the project, saying to the Baltimore Sun, “The word ‘transformational’ may be overused, but this is a technology that leapfrogs any technology that is out there today. And it’s going to be here.”

While the report was unclear if additional environmental review or permits could be needed, Doug Mayer, spokesperson for Larry Hogan, said the project “will be done in an environmentally sound and safe fashion, as are all state highway administration projects in Maryland.”

According to the Baltimore Sun, the Boring Company will use low-cost tunneling machines it has developed to drill quickly through soft soil. The hyperloop itself will use electric motors and magnets in low-pressure tubes.