Nashville's Mayor reveals he knew about The Boring Company's interest in the tunnel connecting BNA to downtown for about a year without offering support.

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.

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.