This new $38M Buc-ee’s travel center will finally be built after 10 years of planning
A new $38-million Buc-ee’s travel center will be built in Boerne — in Kendall County, roughly 256 miles south of Fort Worth.
The 53,471-square-foot gas station will be located off of Interstate 10 and U.S. Business 87.
Plans to build the new gas station have been a decade in the making. The Buc-ee’s in Boerne was announced in 2016, but the wait for TxDOT to finish road improvements has delayed the project almost a decade, according to mySA.
While it’s not in North Texas, the stop is on the way to San Antonio from Fort Worth. There are two locations on the route: one in New Braunfels and another in Temple.
The new Buc-ee’s will be similar to the other Texas locations, designated as a “Travel center with associated sitework and fuel canopies,” according to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
Construction will start on Oct. 1 and should be completed by Oct. 1, 2024.
What about Buc-ee’s in North Texas?
Texans love their Buc-ee’s: “Gas station bathrooms don’t exactly scream excellence. But for millions of drivers throughout Texas and the Southeast, nothing beckons them to the 44 Buc-ee’s travel centers more than the — really? — rest rooms,” according to an article on Forbes.com.
A recent Star-Telegram poll asked readers where they felt Buc-ee’s needed to be built. The overwhelming consensus was that Buc-ee’s should take a hard look at the I-20/I-30 corridor west of Fort Worth. More specifically, around Hudson Oaks, Weatherford and Aledo in Parker County.
Also in 2016, Buc-ee’s opened their Fort Worth location, which is across from Texas Motor Speedway in Denton. More than 50 people were lined up before the store made its grand opening.
This story was originally published June 20, 2023 at 1:49 PM.
