It seems like it depends on the day whether or not Buc-ee’s is still trying to build a second Colorado location in Palmer Lake. Today, they are definitely planning on it…
The Texas-based mega travel center chain has filed a formal request with El Paso County asking officials to determine whether its proposed development near Interstate 25 and County Line Road qualifies as a “convenience store” under existing C-1 commercial zoning — a key first step toward building what would be Colorado’s second Buc-ee’s location, about 50 miles south of Denver.
The request, filed June 18 by Buc-ee’s EPCO LLC, is an administrative determination — essentially a written code interpretation that would establish whether a Buc-ee’s fits within the approved land uses for the 30-acre parcel. County officials stressed this is not an approval to build. “An administrative determination does not approve construction, authorize commercial activity, or approve a site development plan,” El Paso County interim communications director Natalie Sosa told the Denver Post…