The Boring Company is scaling up its workforce in Nashville as tunneling operations for the Music City Loop move forward. The company announced an open hiring push this week, targeting electricians, mechanics, welders, engineers, safety technicians, and operations leaders — the full spectrum of trades and management roles needed to push a major underground transit project toward completion.
The hiring event is scheduled for Friday, June 5. The company's careers page lists open positions across construction management, civil and electrical engineering, software, legal, purchasing, recruiting, and safety — a breadth that reflects how much ground still needs to be covered before the first phase opens.
That first phase is targeted for late 2026, according to the project's public timeline. The full 13-mile route — connecting downtown Nashville, Music City Center, and Lower Broadway to Nashville International Airport (BNA) — is expected to be complete by 2029. The airport-to-downtown leg alone spans roughly 10 miles, with a projected travel time of around 10 minutes between BNA and Lower Broadway.
Construction moved fast once approvals landed. The Prufrock-MB1 tunneling machine was in the ground within hours of receiving final regulatory sign-off from TDOT and the Federal Highway Administration on February 25, 2026. A second machine, Prufrock-MB2, was expected to follow in March. The project is 100% privately funded, with estimated construction costs between $240 million and $300 million for the twin-tunnel system.
For Nashville residents watching the project from above, the workforce ramp-up is a concrete signal that the timeline is being taken seriously. The question now is whether the late-2026 target for the first operational segment holds as tunneling progresses deeper into the city.
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