A representative of Elon Musk's Boring Company showed renderings of equipment used to create tunnels for Tesla vehicles during Downtown Nashville Rotary Club meeting on Sept. 29, 2025. (Photo: Sam Stockard/Tennessee Lookout)

The Elon Musk-owned company preparing to dig a 10-mile tunnel from downtown Nashville to the airport is estimating a cost of $240 million to $300 million to build two underground lanes to ferry passengers back and forth.

Jim Fitzgerald, chief of development for The Boring Company, told the Nashville Rotary Club Monday that’s how much the company would charge the state under a commercial contract. Because of its engineering-based operations, which keep most facets of work in-house, Fitzgerald said his firm can do the job cheaper than the industry rate of roughly $500

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