SPRINGFIELD, MO – Construction has started on Walmart’s first fuel centers across the city. The new facilities will be the first in the area for the retailer, which is ramping up its presence in the convenience/gas station market.
Last October, Ozarks First was the first to report on plans by the Bentonville-based retailer to build at least three gas stations in front of some of it’s existing store locations, including 3245 S. Campbell Ave. (at Walnut Lawn St.), 3535 Mt. Vernon St. (at West Bypass), and 1923 E. Kearney (at Glenstone Ave.)
In recent weeks, contractors have begun working on the locations on S. Campbell. Right now, preliminary work is being done behind a large construction fence surrounding the plot of land, which had been part of a parking lot. Work has yet to begin on the other two stations in town…