TN Senate majority pushes second bill to keep state control of Boring Tunnel

By: Adam Friedman, Sam Stockard

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: March 4, 2026

Words: 661

Last Updated: 1 week ago

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One of Tennessee’s leading lawmakers has proposed a second bill in less than a week to make sure that Nashville’s city government has no oversight of the Boring Company’s underground tunnel through the city.

The legislation, HB1515/SB1673, would make it so that all “subsurface passenger transit” companies report their assets subject to property taxes to the state comptroller instead of a county assessor. The only project that would fit under this new description is …

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