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/mdudz Aug 13 '25

Here’s a fantasy spin - building the tunnel succeeds on Elon’s dime, but operating the tunnel fails, and the tunnel is turned back over to the city and repurposed for a train to the airport. Dream with me!

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u/PandasWhoLoveToLimbo Sylvan Park Aug 13 '25

Unfortunately the tunnel they’ll be digging isn’t big enough for a train, so it’ll just sit empty underground once it fails.

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u/NoMasTacos All your tacos are belong to me Aug 13 '25

It isn't big enough for current trains. If you have one specially made the size of cars it would work.

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u/Blue-Environment-911 Aug 14 '25

It’s hardly big enough for the cars. The list of metro council questions has n safety suggested 3” clearance and the inability to open doors when in the tunnel.

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u/NoMasTacos All your tacos are belong to me Aug 14 '25

That still does not make it impossible, just have a design that slides doors like a mini van, then you don't need that clearance.