The Metro Nashville mayor’s office is asking a litany of questions about the proposed “Music City Loop,” focusing primarily on emergency service responses and the impact on city transportation plans.
Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s office sent the list of inquiries dealing with planning and permitting, construction and maintenance phases to the Boring Co., according to information released to Metro Council members Tuesday by Director of Legislative Affairs Dave Rosenberg.
“We are aware of the state’s conversations with the Boring Co., and we have a number of operational questions to understand the potential impacts on Metro and Nashvillians,” O’Connell said in a statement to the Lookout.
The letter went to the company before Gov. Bill Lee and Boring Co. President and CEO Steve Davis unveiled plans last week to build a tunnel from downtown Nashville to Nashville International Airport where they gave few details about the project. The state will make a long-term lease agreement for right of way underneath state highways in return for Boring constructing the project, according to a state senator.
An email from Rosenberg said O’Connell and staff first heard “informal chatter” last spring about Boring considering building a tunnel on the East Bank but, similarly to other ideas that come to the mayor, it came and went without “follow-up or signs of a serious proposal.”