RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN – Sometimes, the craziest of ideas end up being workable solutions to big problems. That’s one reason State Representative Mike Sparks of Smyrna decided to write a letter to Tesla founder Elon Musk. The idea of the letter comes several months after the State of Tennessee confirmed approval of an underground transit system between the Nashville Airport and downtown Nashville.
Earlier this year in July, Governor Bill Lee announced that The Boring Company, founded by Elon Musk, will build the Music City Loop, a privately funded underground tunnel in Nashville at no cost to taxpayers. The project’s first 10-mile phase will connect downtown and the Convention Center to the Nashville International Airport. Travel time between downtown Nashville and the airport will be about eight minutes. Representative Sparks told WGNS…
Supporters say they love the idea of a transit system between the airport and downtown, pointing to how it will reduce traffic, cut pollutants from vehicles on the roadways, and decrease the number of auto accidents…