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Tennessee officials describe 8‑mile Music City Loop tunnel and new oversight authority
Summary
Senator Jack Johnson outlined a state agreement with the Boring Company to build an approximately 8‑mile tunnel linking downtown Nashville, the convention center and the airport, and described legislation creating a subterranean infrastructure authority; officials said no taxpayer dollars were being used for construction.
Senator Jack Johnson told the Policy Talks audience that the state has entered an agreement with the Boring Company to build an approximately eight‑mile subterranean transit link between downtown Nashville and Nashville International Airport.
Johnson said the administration negotiated easements and station access with the Nashville Airport Authority, the Music City Center and state property owners and that the initial segment did not require legislative action because much of the route traverses state‑owned right‑of‑way. ‘‘They could grant them the easement to bore…
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