PALMER LAKE, Colo. — The future of Buc-ee's in El Paso County is uncertain.

The Town of Palmer Lake Planning Commission voted Wednesday night against moving the project forward.

However, the Board of Trustees' vote may be a moot point depending on the outcome of a Sept. 9 special election. Voters will decide on a ballot measure that, if approved, will require all future annexations to be decided by voter approval.

The beloved Texas mega-gas station and convenience store wants to build a 74,000-square-foot location at Interstate 25 and County Line Road. It would be the second Buc-ee's in Colorado, with the first opening last year off I-25 in Johnstown.

The proposed Palmer Lake location has received pushback from the start. More than 1,200 people signed a petition against it within two d

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