NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF-TV) — A state memo has led to questions about what Mayor O'Connell's office has claimed about the Music City Loop.

Metro officials have indicated they were blindsided by the announcement that Elon Musk's Boring Company wanted to drill a tunnel from the airport to downtown.

But a state memo prepared for Governor Bill Lee in June paints a different picture.

The memo was first reported by the Nashville Business Journal and obtained by NewsChannel 5 Investigates .

It claims Metro was part of past meetings about the project but Metro "needed to distance themselves" from the project.

One council member said the memo reveals the Mayor's office has lied about the project.

This is what Mayor O'Connell told reporters after the tunnel announcement in July.

"We knew tha

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