Music City Tunnel moving forward despite opposition

(The Center Square) – It’s been nearly seven months since state officials announced that the Boring Company, founded by Elon Musk, would build a tunnel connecting downtown Nashville to the airport and state and local leaders are still debating its creation and oversight.

The Nashville Metro Council passed a resolution Tuesday opposing the project, which would reduce travel time from the Nashville Metropolitan Airport to downtown to about eight minutes. The project’s cost is being footed by the Boring Company at no taxpayer expense, according to the company and state officials.

Nashville residents and council members said they were left out of the planning for the project. Officials with the Boring Company addressed council members and residents at a Feb. 19 called meeting of the Nashville Metropolitan Council’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Councilwoman Delishia Porterfield, who sponsored the resolution, said the meeting left her with more questions.

“Many of us have heard from many of our const...