The Boring Company begins exploratory drilling throughout Nashville for underground tunnel connecting downtown and airport

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Boring Company started exploratory drilling across Nashville for the Music City Loop project.

In early October, the company began “geotechnical exploratory borings” in downtown Nashville and near Vanderbilt University.

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“Drilling took place at First & Broadway and Fourth & Broadway — near the historic Riverfront Park and Tootsie’s in the heart of Nashville’s famous Honky-Tonk Highway," the comp