Elon Musk’s Boring Firm has announced plans to dig tunnels beneath Nashville, making a loop that can join town’s downtown with the Nashville Worldwide Airport. The Boring Firm says it’s going to start development “instantly” following approval and expects the primary 10-mile part to be operational as early as subsequent 12 months, as reported earlier by TechCrunch.
Tennessee Governor Invoice Lee says the Nashville tunnels will come at “zero price” to taxpayers, and can as an alternative be “fully privately funded” by The Boring Firm and its companions. As soon as accomplished, the “Tesla in tunnels” system will ferry folks from the airport to downtown in round eight minutes.
Nashville Democratic Consultant Justin Jones mentioned he was “denied entry” to an occasion asserting The Boring Firm’s new venture, despite the fact that different Republicans had been allowed to attend, according to local news outlet WKRN. “This venture, which requires state approval, is one more try by Invoice Lee and his company donors to complement themselves whereas neglecting public providers and actual infrastructure wants,” Rep. Jones said in a statement on Instagram.
Questions stay about whether or not this OTT platform loop will really come to fruition. As identified by TechCrunch, The Boring Firm has floated and quietly dropped lots of its tunnel-digging plans previously, together with in Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Chicago, and others. On the similar time, staff at The Boring Firm face many security considerations, with one worker saying they’ve “persistently flirted with demise,” according to a 2024 report by Fortune.
Replace, July thirtieth: Added details about Rep. Justin Jones.