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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, mayor freddie o'connell, Metro Government, Music City Loop, Nevada, OHSA, Steve Davis, Tesla, The Boring Company, tunnel, Vegas Loop

Tennessee advances Musk’s tunnel project in Nashville as pushback mounts

By Rose GilbertandMeribah Knight

August 1, 2025

A plan to dig a tunnel from downtown Nashville to the airport took another step forward this week when the State Building Commission approved a no-cost lease of a state-owned parking lot.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Elon Musk, Heidi Campbell, infrastructure, memphis, NAACP, Nashville International Airport, Tesla, The Boring Company, The Equity Alliance, transportation

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