To much fanfare, the Boring Company announced the newly approved Music City Loop under Nashville on July 28, but it appears the Nashville Mayor was left out of the loop.
In a letter that has since been made public by Mayor and Council, Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connor sent a list of questions to The Boring Company on planning, permitting, construction and maintenance of the proposed loop.
The bulk of the questions related to emergency response within the loop and permitting across the life of the project.
The letter also included some basic questions, such as what the environmental assessment would include and if there would be any public input in the design and construction phase of the loop.
The State of Tennessee green-lit the project with a no-cost lease for a state-owned parking lot near the State Capitol Building and approved a long-term lease agreement for the right of way underneath state highways in the area.
However, it appears that the city itself was kept out of discussions between the Boring Company and the State. In fact, Mayor O’Connor confirmed that most of the information they had received from The Boring Company came during last week’s announcement.
So, there is certainly more to come, but one would think The Boring Company is going to need city buy-in to make the Music City Loop a reality.
