State leaders fast-tracked plans by Elon Musk’s company for a tunnel to Nashville’s airport, ignoring the city’s concerns.

Elon Musk's Boring Company will build a privately funded high-speed tunnel, the Music City Loop, connecting Nashville International Airport to downtown. While state officials and the U.S. DOT secretary expressed enthusiasm, Nashville's mayor raised operational concerns and some residents voiced skepticism.

In his most detailed comments to date about The Boring Company's underground tunnel project in, Mayor Freddie O'Connell said he's known of the company's interest for about a year.