Buc-ee’s still plans to open in New Kent in 2027

NEW KENT — The Texas-based roadside travel chain Buc-ee’s is still on course to open one of its first stores in Virginia in New Kent in 2027 despite a complicated series of road improvements. New Kent County Planning Director Amy Inman said the mega convenience store will have to coordinate with the Interstate 64 widening project as well as the reconstruction of the Route 106 bridge, but that “they are still planning to open in 2027.” In a briefing to the county Planning Commission on April 15, Inman said Buc-ee’s...