Buc-ee’s may be in the middle of a meteoric expansion across the country, but here in Texas, the beloved gas station is seeing renewed pushback on a controversial location expected to arrive in the Texas Hill Country.
Residents in the fast-growing San Antonio-area suburb of Boerne say they want city leaders to limit the scope of the travel center’s development, citing concerns over property values, light and noise pollution, transparency and the potentially “irreversible” change in the small town’s culture and identity.
In June, news broke that the Texas-based chain had plans to develop an additional parcel of land along Interstate 10 for a parking lot — a project that requires rezoning approval from the City of Boerne Planning and Zoning Commission. The land was purchased from the Texas Department of Transportation and is intended for use as an accessory parking lot for their travel center on the adjacent lot, according to city spokesman Chris Shadrock. The rezoning request was scheduled to appear at a July 7 Planning and Zoning Commission hearing, but the issue was withdrawn at the time…