NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Less than a week after blasting started on Nashville’s ambitious “Music City Loop,” a 10-mile underground tunnel poised to connect Nashville International Airport to downtown and the convention center, a new question is emerging from the bedrock: Who stands to profit from the valuable limestone being excavated?

The project, with an anticipated opening in early 2027, promises to whisk riders away in Tesla vehicles and avoid surface traffic congestion. In late July, Governor Bill Lee sold the “Music City Loop” on the premise that it would not cost taxpayers a dime.

However, valuable state resources lie beneath the planned tunnel route, and the state’s handling of these resources is now raising questions about who will own them when these resources is extracted fro

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