The Tennessee State Building Commission's executive committee approved a lease agreement Thursday with The Boring Company to use a state parking lot to begin its Music City Loop tunnel. The approval vote came over the jeers of a crowd of Nashville residents who oppose the project.

In his most detailed comments to date about The Boring Company's underground tunnel project in, Mayor Freddie O'Connell said he's known of the company's interest for about a year.

Construction of the 10-mile Music City Loop is expected to begin immediately after approvals, with the project potentially operational as soon as fall 2026.