Tennessee Governor Bill Lee says the Nashville tunnels will come at “zero cost” to taxpayers, and will instead be “entirely privately funded” by The Boring Company and its partners. Once completed, the “Tesla in tunnels” system will ferry people from the airport to downtown in around eight minutes.

Local, state and federal politicians representing Nashville weighed in following the announcement, and a familiar division emerged.

Elon Musk's Boring Company has proposed an underground tunnel from Nashville's airport to downtown. Readers offer their takes.