What’s happening?
The preliminary plat for the project was approved in 2020, and the 2016 development agreement between the city and Buc-ee’s was updated in October.
Planning Director Nathan Crane said the development agreement is in the final stages of being updated, but nothing in the agreement has changed significantly since the October approval. Crane said the agreement is scheduled to be considered by City Council later in January.
Director of Engineering and Mobility Jeff Carroll said the traffic study was approved Jan. 7. Carroll stated that the last round of comments required for the study pertained to the differences in roadways between the site plan and the computer model submitted.
“We just really wanted the model to match what was going to get built out there in the field,” Carroll said. “So, we worked back and forth with consultants to get that match.”
In the original plans for Buc-ee’s, there were additional commercial areas on the site. Since those plans were removed, Carroll said the traffic model had to be updated to exclude traffic to those buildings.
Public input
Resident Dana Mathis spoke against the approval of the plat, citing the reason as unclear communication from the city regarding property ownership, the progress of the development agreement update, the publication of the transportation impact analysis and other factors.
“If we are going to do this project, let's do it well and let's do it right,” he said.
