The Boring Company provided 18 pages of answers last week to questions from Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s office about the firm’s ambitious Music City Loop plan.
Why it matters: The Boring Company wants O’Connell and his team to back its proposed underground tunnel connecting downtown to the airport.
- Although the project will primarily be overseen by the state, the responses make clear Metro will also play an important role.
Driving the news: Many of the mayor’s office’s most pressing questions were about security and how first responders would access the underground tunnel in the event of an emergency.
- In an 18-page document obtained by Axios, the Boring Company says the tunnels are designed in accordance with National Fire Protection Association standards, including “exit spacing no greater than 2,500 feet.”
- “Music City Loop will be compliant with any authorities having jurisdiction over life safety procedures,” the company said in the document.
Of note: The Boring Company says it has held productive meetings with the state Fire Marshal’s Office and the Nashville Fire Department…