RaceTrac Gas Station Speeds Toward Bogart
The planned station at Highway 78 and Mars Hill Road could mean more options for Oconee drivers and more stress for its would-be competitor.
A gas station and convenience store chain is racing forward with plans to build a new location just south of State Route 316. The Oconee County Board of Commissioners could vote Feb. 8 on a variance request by RaceTrac Petroleum Inc., which plans to build an 18-pump gas station on the northeast corner of U.S. Highway 78 and Mars Hill Road. The project will likely move forward whether or not commissioners OK the request to decrease a county-mandated 50-foot buffer on the back of the gas station's property to 13 feet. The commissioners approved a rezoning request and a separate variance for the 2.371-acre property for RaceTrac last fall. This final variance, which was endorsed by Oconee County Planning Commission members in October, had been…
Cassie Brown
10:16 am on Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Really, do we need another gas station opposite a corner from an existing one? more ›