Stay in the Loop Reporting, project updates, public records and explainers covering Nashville's Music City Loop.
A LOOP Nashville review of safety standards, state permit documents, and engineering drawings examines proposed emergency exits, ventilation, fire protection, and emergency response for Music City Loop.
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Newly reported plans place the airport station in the current taxi and limousine pickup area. Airport officials say the final agreement remains unsigned.
Read articleMetro engineering filings show a major excavation in SoBro. A LOOP Nashville review of state drawings and the project's environmental study connects the property to Nashville's twin-tunnel airport corridor.
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A LOOP Nashville review of the project’s 2025 environmental assessment found a mapped Broadway alignment extending from Centennial Park to the East Bank, including a specific Cumberland River crossing that engineers evaluated with roughly 25 feet of rock above the tunnel crown. The crossing is absent from The Boring Company’s current public route description.
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The Boring Company has not publicly named the site where Prufrock-MB3 will launch later this month, but company documents, property records and utility filings point strongly to 200 Jupiter Drive near Nashville International Airport.
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The Boring Company says two Music City Loop tunnel boring machines are now mining at the same time, MB3 is preparing for a late-October launch, MB4 is being built, and more than 40 stations remain in planning and design.
Read articleDubai Loop has moved into tunnel-boring-machine assembly and precast tunnel-lining production, offering a new comparison point for The Boring Company's Music City Loop buildout in Nashville.
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Newly revealed plans show The Boring Company considered a mixed-use development at Lot 16 with roughly 400 apartments, retail, an 800-space garage and a Music City Loop station, echoing a Loop-connected apartment project advancing in Las Vegas.
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Residential pickup at Turnberry Place shows how the Vegas Loop can extend beyond tunnel portals, offering a real-world look at how a mature vehicle-based Loop network can work.
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The company says its operating Las Vegas network will grow from 14 to 28 stations before 2027, while adding just one more tunnel. The expansion offers a useful preview of how Nashville's planned 40-plus-station network could scale.
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TBC asked Tennessee’s new subterranean transportation authority to intervene after Metro failed to act on two downtown tunnel-crossing permits, then withdrew the challenge just before a scheduled hearing.
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Engineering drawings in The Boring Company’s 9th and 10th Avenue permit package show multiple Loop tunnels branching into underground parking levels at Nashville Yards.
Read articleA revised plan for five state-owned parking lots near the Capitol won unanimous approval, including Lot 16, where The Boring Company is already tunneling the Music City Loop.
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The nearly four-acre site is The Boring Company's largest publicly reported Nashville property purchase to date and sits along the planned downtown-to-airport corridor.
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A Nashville job posting lays out plans for a specialized tunnel-response team handling medical incidents, technical rescues, evacuations and fire/life-safety emergencies, putting a key piece of Tennessee's new subterranean transportation law into practice.
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Public Chapter 854 created what appears to be the nation’s first dedicated statewide framework for subterranean transportation systems, replacing a potentially fragmented permitting process with state coordination, firm deadlines and a powerful new appeals authority.
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Tesla's purpose-built robotaxi is beginning to move from prototype to real-world deployment. If Cybercab reaches scale, Nashville's underground Loop could become one of the most natural places in America to put it to work.
Read articleThe Boring Company announced a $3 billion Series D funding round on Sept. 9, valuing the company at $23 billion. The company says the new capital will support hiring and construction across several projects, including Nashville's Music City Loop, but it has not disclosed how much of the round is earmarked for Nashville.
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The Boring Company says it has agreed to terms with the JW Marriott Nashville for a Music City Loop station at the downtown hotel. The company has not publicly released the station agreement, construction cost, final design or opening schedule.
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The Boring Company says more than 40 Nashville stations are in various stages of planning and design, but it has not released a complete station list. Public records and company announcements currently identify a much smaller group of station projects at specific properties.
Read articleThe Boring Company said in June that 37 permits and approvals needed to begin tunneling had been secured while eight additional approvals related to future launch sites. Its August materials say work continues on additional launch-site permitting but do not provide a new count.
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The Metro Nashville Airport Authority's negotiated Music City Loop terms project roughly $34 million in license fees and $309 million in pickup and drop-off fees over a potential 50-year relationship. Those figures are projections, not guaranteed revenue, and depend on the agreement's duration, ridership and fee assumptions.
Read articleThe Boring Company and affiliated entities have accumulated a mix of owned property, leased land, easements and station agreements as Music City Loop construction expands. Public reporting identifies at least two standalone property acquisitions and three downtown condo purchases, but a complete current portfolio cannot be established without a fresh deed-by-deed search of all affiliated entities.
Read articleThe Boring Company says local contractors are typically used for most or all Loop station construction and estimates more than 30 station infrastructure projects beyond the tunnels themselves. Public materials identify several consultants, utilities and safety partners, but not a complete roster of Nashville construction firms.
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The Boring Company says Prufrock-MB1 and MB2 are both actively mining beneath Nashville, but its public project updates do not provide a cumulative footage or mileage figure for either machine. The nearly 25-mile project figure describes the planned or authorized network, not completed tunnel.
Read articlePublic targets for the first operational Music City Loop segment have shifted from fall 2026 to the end of 2026 and early 2027. The Boring Company's current Aug. 14 project FAQ describes active construction but does not state a first-segment opening date.
Read articleThe Boring Company says Music City Loop has 71 documented contingency and operating procedures covering emergencies including fire, evacuation, power loss, medical incidents and flooding. The company says full drills occur every three months and routine operational drills are held weekly, but public materials do not include the full procedure set or third-party drill results.
Read articleThe Boring Company says a third Prufrock tunnel boring machine is scheduled to join the Music City Loop project in September. As of September 9, two machines remain actively tunneling and MB3’s physical arrival has not yet been publicly confirmed.
Read articleThe Music City Loop has evolved well beyond its original public image as a downtown-to-airport connection. The Boring Company now describes an almost 25-mile tunnel network reaching Lower Broadway and West End Avenue.
Read articleWhat began with one machine beneath a downtown parking lot is becoming a multi-machine tunnel-building program: MB1 and MB2 are active, MB3 is on the way, and more than 40 stations are in some stage of planning or design.
Read articleNashville now has two tunnel boring machines actively digging beneath the city after Prufrock-MB2 launched from Lot 16 and joined MB1 underground.
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A Boring Company-linked entity has purchased a commercial property at 3301 West End Avenue, adding another piece to the puzzle as the Music City Loop’s western alignment advances.
Read articleEvery foot of new tunnel beneath Nashville creates excavated limestone that has to be moved out of the way. The Music City Loop’s conveyor system is an engineering project almost as important as the cutterhead itself.
Read articleThe Boring Company says recent Nashville core samples are showing compressive strengths around 14,000 psi - exceptionally strong rock that can provide favorable tunneling conditions when it is competent and predictable.
Read articleOne tunnel boring machine beneath Nashville is becoming three. Prufrock-MB2 has arrived and is being commissioned while MB1 continues tunneling and a third machine is already under construction.
Read articleFor residents of three downtown Nashville towers, a future Music City Loop trip may begin with an elevator ride downstairs. The project’s first residential station agreement will serve PRIME, Alcove and Paramount.
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Tennessee has enacted a new legal framework specifically designed to coordinate the permitting, regulation and oversight of qualifying underground transportation projects - legislation with immediate relevance to Nashville’s Music City Loop.
Read articleA month after Nashville’s first Music City Loop tunnel began, The Boring Company says Prufrock-MB1 is moving through its launch phase and generating the real-world lessons that will shape faster construction ahead.
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Music City Center has approved a tunnel easement for the Music City Loop, clearing the way for the planned alignment beneath the convention-center property while station discussions continue.
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Metro Nashville’s council has formally registered its opposition to the Music City Loop, but the nonbinding vote does not stop construction. Here is what the resolution says - and what it does not do.
Read articleAfter months of preparation, Nashville’s first Music City Loop tunnel is officially being bored beneath the city as Prufrock-MB1 begins excavation from the downtown launch site.
Read articleAfter months of technical review, Tennessee and federal transportation officials have approved the key lease and construction permit that allow The Boring Company to begin tunneling beneath state-owned rights-of-way in Nashville.
Read articleNashville International Airport has formally moved forward with plans for a Music City Loop connection, clearing a major institutional hurdle for the underground link between BNA and downtown.
Read articleNashville’s first Music City Loop tunnel boring machine has completed commissioning and is technically ready to begin digging, putting the project on the doorstep of its most important construction milestone yet.
Read articleAt the time of publication, The Boring Company said its first Nashville tunnel boring machine was assembled and awaiting final permits, while a second machine was under construction in Texas.
Read articleEnvironmental documents published by The Boring Company identify Davey Resource Group as the assessment preparer and UES as a third-party reviewer. The consultant findings are not themselves a government permit or final agency approval.
Read articleThe Boring Company’s second bimonthly update reported progress on construction, permitting, consultant environmental review and community meetings. At publication, the first tunnel boring machine was installed but its launch still depended on permits.
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The Boring Company compares reported Vegas Loop ridership, speed and construction costs with U.S. rail systems. The figures offer a reference point for Nashville, but they do not yet demonstrate performance across a larger citywide network.
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A Beacon Center survey found 56% of Tennessee registered voters supported allowing the Music City Loop to move forward under the privately funded arrangement described in the poll question.
Read articleNewly released documents shed light on the first planned segment of the Music City Loop, an underground tunnel system designed by The Boring Company. The initial phase would run from the State Capitol through downtown, forming the first leg of a future airport connector.
Read articleMetro Council members have asked for a greater role in the state-led Music City Loop process. The initial route relies heavily on state and airport property, but permits, utilities, emergency planning and future expansion still require coordination across agencies.
Read articleThe Boring Company began geotechnical borings at First & Broadway and Fourth & Broadway. The work gathers subsurface data but does not by itself confirm a route expansion or construction schedule.
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A Boring Company executive estimated that a two-tunnel Nashville airport connection could cost $240 million to $300 million. The estimate and comparisons with rail remain company claims until supported by final designs, contracts and completed-project costs.
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The Boring Company has purchased a property near Nashville International Airport, marking its first confirmed land acquisition for the proposed Music City Loop. The site at 200 Jupiter Drive could play a key role in construction or serve as part of the future tunnel network.
Read articleThe Boring Company has issued its first bimonthly update on the Music City Loop, outlining construction near the State Capitol, design and permitting progress, and workforce and community initiatives. The project continues to move forward on multiple fronts as preparations for tunneling take shape.
Read articleThe Nashville Business Journal reported details from a draft airport agreement, including possible tunnel portals near Concourse D and a covered loading area. The accompanying LOOP Nashville image is an illustrative concept, not an official design.
Read articleThe Nashville Business Journal reports that airport officials want The Boring Company to pay more than $1.7 million annually for use of airport property as part of the Music City Loop. The fee would rise each year and include a $5 per-ride surcharge, setting up key negotiations as the downtown-to-airport tunnel project advances.
Read articleThe Boring Company published new details about its proposed underground connection among downtown Nashville, Music City Center and Nashville International Airport. Timelines, travel times and system performance remain company projections.
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Tennessee officials and The Boring Company announced a proposed privately funded underground connection between downtown Nashville and Nashville International Airport on July 28, 2025.
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