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‘There are serious risks of sinkholes.’ Experts remain cautious of the Boring Company’s Nashville project

By Caroline Eggers

March 3, 2026

The Boring Company has officially began drilling a tunnel between downtown and the airport. City officials and residents remain unclear about the potential impact to Nashville’s underground environment, the company’s plans for extreme weather, and the supposed public benefit of the tunnel. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, geology, karst, sinkholes, The Boring Company, water

As Nashville mulls ‘Tesla tunnel,’ here’s what we learned on a ride in the Vegas Loop

By Cynthia Abrams

January 13, 2026

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While questions persist around the Music City Loop project’s feasibility and permits, the project isn’t a complete unknown — the Boring Company has one tunnel in operation: the Vegas Loop.

Filed Under: Business, Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Elon Musk, karst, Las Vegas, Metro Government, Music City Loop, Nevada, OHSA, Steve Davis, Tesla, The Boring Company, tunnel, Vegas Loop

Boring Company president appears ‘flippant’ on Nashville’s water, geology and construction safety, official warns

By Caroline Eggers

November 26, 2025

The Boring Company president Steve Davis repeated boastful assertions about a planned tunnel system underneath Nashville for nearly two hours during a virtual town hall on Monday night. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Flooding, geology, karst, sinkholes, The Boring Company

Will the Boring Company be tunneling blind? Only a few rock samples are planned.

By Caroline Eggers

September 14, 2025

Elon Musk’s Boring Company has begun construction on a planned tunnel between downtown Nashville and the airport. Last Tuesday afternoon, the company dug underground at its worksite on Rosa Parks Boulevard for a future utility pole.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: geology, karst, sinkholes, The Boring Company, tunnel

Gray bats are flourishing in a Tennessee cave thanks to one simple conservation trick

By Caroline Eggers

January 1, 2025

Bat populations have been on the decline in the U.S. for decades. But the grey bat has been making a major comeback in Tennessee. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, bats, caves, climate change, conservation, karst

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