In case you haven’t heard, Buc-ee’s has been planning an expansion between Denver and Colorado Springs, aiming to build a new travel station in the area of the small town of Palmer Lake.
There’s been quite a bit of pushback from locals who have expressed concern that the addition of a Buc-ee’s – a truly ‘next-level’ gas station stop that tends to serve as a tourist attraction for passersby – could disrupt the town’s way of life. Now, Colorado Governor Jared Polis, along with United States Senators Michael F. Bennet and John Hickenlooper, has chimed in.
A letter penned by the trio has been published online, addressed to President and CEO of Buc-ee’s Arch H. “Beaver” Aplin III. That letter starts off as follows:…