PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (WFLA) — Information of a proposed Buc-ee’s location in Southwest Florida has some residents dreaming of chowing down on Beaver Nuggets and utilizing “the cleanest restrooms in America,” however not everybody is happy in regards to the concept.
The sprawling fuel station and comfort retailer could also be constructed off Interstate 75 in Charlotte County, pending native authorities approval.
Residents of the close by Harbour Heights group instructed NBC affiliate WBBH that the proposed improvement simply is not proper for the neighborhood.
“I’ve nothing in opposition to Buc-ee’s, however I simply, it doesn’t belong there,” Rebecca Scholl stated.
Neighbor Drema Doolittle concurred, saying, “That is simply not the place for it. It is not the land for it. I am certain Southwest Florida would welcome a Buc-ee’s, it is simply not right here.”
Scholl stated the proposed improvement is throughout the coastal excessive hazard space and flood plain. Some neighbors concern that creating the land will make flooding even worse than what they noticed from final 12 months’s hurricanes.
Some fear the development will encroach on essential wildlife habitat.
“This Buc-ee’s that is being proposed can be abutting or being proper subsequent to an space that the locals name the bayou. It’s a nursery for the smalltooth sawfish and different fish,” neighbor Edie Driest instructed WBBH.
The proposed improvement has sparked issues from some and pleasure from others, however it has an extended solution to go till it turns into actuality.
“Till they’re really breaking floor and we’re sitting there consuming Beaver Nuggets, it’s nonetheless only a potential mission,” planning and zoning official Shaun Cullinan told WBBH last month.
The potential Buc-ee’s faces a hurdle on Tuesday, when the county’s board of commissioners meets to debate the proposal.
