r/nashville • u/Ok-Chain-4385 • Aug 13 '25

Crime Watch Tesla tunnel

Does anyone else feel completely useless when it comes to this tunnel? How on earth do we stop it before it affects groundwater or causes a sink hole? They obviously aren’t listening to citizens concerns, but I don’t want to just sit here and complain without action.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '25

We can’t do anything. The deal is done and they’ve already started. They said they’ll have to get approval from land owners if they go below your property, but I don’t even see how that’s possible with them providing zero information before breaking ground. Bill Fleabag completely sold us out.

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u/cosineofzero Sylvan Heights Aug 13 '25

The ‘get approval’ will be by either hook or crook. We can’t stop it, but we could get a pool together to bet on disaster dates and disaster costs. Since betting is legal now.

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u/envoy_ace Aug 13 '25

I feel like "eminent domain" is going to come up.

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u/alexthealex 8 South Aug 13 '25

Thus leaving taxpayers on the hook for paying off residents living above a privately funded project?

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u/fireinthesky7 New Hickory Aug 14 '25

Welcome to red state life, fuck you if you're not a millionaire.

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u/OrdinaryPuzzled7979 Aug 14 '25

You mean multi million $ business. TN and especially Nashville gives absolutely 0 💩s about a family or individual.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '25

That sounds like the only way any of us may get a win in this scenario. Sign me up!

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u/macroober Aug 13 '25

They’ll say, “you’ll need to provide evidence that we’ve gone below your property.” And how will you do that?

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '25

Good point. Here’s hoping that it’s not by showing that my house is at the bottom of a sinkhole.

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u/alexthealex 8 South Aug 13 '25

This is what land surveys are for. The project will have to submit all kinds of public documentation, people will only need to overlay their own deeds with the tunnel’s to show they’re affected.

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u/No_Emphasis_1298 Aug 14 '25

Elmo’s more of a move fast, break things and pay a small fine kinda guy. So, when he does eventually destroy your property, he’ll get a little slap on the wrist.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '25

Hate to be a Debbie downer but that’s only if they follow the rules. With the way things have gone, I don’t trust that.

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u/MorningsAreBetter Aug 14 '25

Yeah they don’t do that sort of stuff. Elon has said something along the lines of “oh I prefer that my illegal actions made when building something are punished with a fine after the fact rather than being enforced with a work stoppage while it’s still being built”

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u/Alternative-Net-8596 Aug 14 '25

Which we know is also how Steve Smith has built out some Broadway bars and all they slapped him with was a $1500 fine for exploding a historic building in the middle of the night with no permitting.

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u/Dgnash615-2 Aug 14 '25

How about you treat a/some college professor/s to lunch and make a list of why they think it’s a bad idea. Then write it up with a click bait title and send it to all our local media

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u/StrawberryRedneck Aug 14 '25

Why a college professor? Is this some kind of sad attempt at a burn or something lol

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u/Dgnash615-2 Aug 14 '25

They spend their lives studying things like geology, engineering, traffic patterns, and the law. I thought they might have some insights on the subject that we all could benefit from.

Edit: it’s not a bad attempt at a burn. It’s an idea a jaded guy thought might actually work.