Buc-ee’s is gearing up to stick its famous beaver logo off I-75 in Monroe County, with a massive new travel center planned for the Forsyth area next month. The project will bring Texas-style barbecue, sprawling snack aisles and the chain’s obsessively clean restrooms to what has long been a relatively quiet stretch of interstate, as the company rolls out its fourth Georgia location and joins a growing cluster of jumbo travel centers reshaping rural exits around metro Atlanta.
According to a press release distributed via Newswire, Buc-ee’s will host a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, April 7 at 10:00 a.m. EDT at 1080 Rumble Road in Forsyth. The company says the Monroe County travel center is planned at about 74,000 square feet with roughly 100 fueling positions, and it is expected to create more than 200 full-time jobs that include starting pay above minimum wage, health benefits and a 6% matching 401(k). Local dignitaries on the guest list include Monroe County commissioners and members of the Development Authority of Monroe County, according to the release.
When to expect it
Regional coverage pegs the opening for March 2027, giving roughly a year of construction after the ceremonial shovels hit the dirt. As reported by WRDW, county approvals are already in place and preliminary site work is underway around the Rumble Road exit.
Road improvements and local prep
Monroe County officials have been quietly prepping the Rumble Road and I-75 corridor for something big. The county announced it secured $5 million in state funding in July 2025 to widen and resurface Rumble Road, specifically to support large projects that include the Buc-ee’s site. County notices say the upgrades are meant to ease traffic bottlenecks and address safety concerns as the area absorbs major commercial development.
What the store will bring
In the press release, Stan Beard, Buc-ee’s director of real estate, called the Monroe County location “the perfect pit stop for the folks coming and going from the beautiful Georgia coast.” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Buc-ee’s purchased roughly 35 acres for the project for about $13.5 million, and county officials are counting on the new travel center to generate meaningful sales-tax revenue for local governments…