• New Orleans, Baltimore, and Dallas were chosen as winners in Boring Co. contest pending feasibility studies.
• The Boring Company may still pursue a utility tunnel project in Hendersonville, Tennessee.

East Tennessee will not get a tunnel from billionaire Elon Musk’s The Boring Company.

Musk’s tunneling company announced which three cities won a “free” one-mile underground tunnel in the “Tunnel Vision Challenge.” Three Tennessee cities were nominated and among the contest finalists: Gatlinburg, Knoxville and Hendersonville.

While no Tennessee town was chosen to get a Tesla Tunnel for transportation, Musk’s company said in a March 24 post on X, formerly Twitter, that it would “try” to burrow a utility tunnel in Hendersonville anyway.

“IN ADDITION, there were multiple other projects that TBC thought were so compelling that we are going to continue to work with the entrants and try to get them built,” The Boring Co. post said.

The announcement comes while Tennessee legislators fight to get more legal authority and clarity over underground transit construction.

Here’s what to know.

Which cities will get a ‘Tesla Tunnel’?

The Boring Co. announced that the “Tunnel Vision Challenge” winners are a NOLA Loop in New Orleans, a Ravens Loop in Baltimore and a University Hills Loop in Dallas.

Despite the contest, New Orleans, Baltimore and Dallas are not guaranteed a loop. Individuals could nominate their community without the consent or knowledge of local government officials, as happened in Knoxville.

The three identified communities will now undergo a diligence process to determine the feasibility of the project. This includes meetings with elected officials, geotechnical borings and utility and subsurface infra investigation, according to The Boring Co.

What is Elon Musk’s tunnel idea?

The Boring Co. is developing tunnels in cities across the United States as a way of mitigating traffic. The privately-owned tunnels are commercialized to allow anyone to ride the direct route in a Tesla for a fee.

HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. — 2 young adults are facing charges for impaired driving and drag racing after a Tennessee State Trooper clocked them going more than 100 mph down I-24 Monday night, an affidavit says.

The affidavit says a THP trooper was on patrol traveling east on I-24 when a black two-door Infiniti and a silver BMW SUV passed him “at well over 100 MPH.”

The trooper attempted to stop both vehicles, but they continued down the roadway.

The affidavit says both vehicles eventually pulled to the right shoulder near Exit 181.

The trooper arrested both drivers, identified as 20-year-old Rolando Martinez and 19-year-old Lucas Turner, for drag racing and reckless driving.

While inventorying the silver BMW, the affidavit says a case of beer was found in the back seat, along with beers strewn throughout the vehicle.

The arrest report says the trooper smelled alcohol coming from both drivers.

Turner consented to standardized field sobriety tests and a blood test. The report says he was above the legal limit of .02.

Martinez completed half of the HGN test and refused further sobriety testing, but consented to a blood test. The trooper also believed he was above the legal limit.