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Stafford County is the site currently described as Virginia’s second Buc-ee’s: a planned 74,000-square-foot travel center near Courthouse Road and Austin Ridge Drive, off I-95 at Exit 140. County supervisors approved the project in May 2026, and Buc-ee’s bought the site in June. But construction and an opening date have not been announced; further site, engineering, permitting and outside-agency reviews remained outstanding in the latest report.
Where is the second Buc-ee’s in Virginia?
The Stafford project is planned near Courthouse Road and Austin Ridge Drive, beside I-95 Exit 140. The Board of Supervisors approved its rezoning and conditional-use permit on May 20, 2026, by a 5–2 vote following a seven-hour public meeting, according to WTOP. Buc-ee’s purchased the site in June, Virginia Business reported.
The existing Virginia Buc-ee’s is in Rockingham County, at 6500 Buc-ee’s Blvd, Mount Crawford, Virginia 22841, according to the company’s locations page. It opened in June 2025. Virginia’s first store is not the Stafford project; Stafford is the planned second location in current reporting.
When will the Stafford Buc-ee’s open?
No construction start or opening date had been announced in the latest status report. Approval and land purchase are meaningful milestones, but the project still required site development, engineering, permitting and reviews by outside agencies, Virginia Business reported. A county vote does not by itself mean construction has begun or set a date for customers.
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How large is the proposed Stafford travel center?
Virginia Business describes a 74,000-square-foot project with 120 fuel pumps, 24 EV charging spaces and 830 parking spaces. WTOP’s May 2026 report gave the parking total as 800, so published accounts differ on that plan figure. Virginia Business also reports projections of about 200 jobs and nearly $1.9 million a year in county general-fund revenue; those are expected impacts, not realized results.
The applicant narrative hosted by Stafford County describes a 24-hour travel center with barbecue, baked goods and sweets, clothing, and gifts, and says commercial tractor-trailers would be prohibited except for deliveries. Those are the applicant’s descriptions of the proposed operation, not an independent assessment.
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What traffic and neighborhood effects are part of the debate?
WTOP reported that a traffic-impact analysis estimated nearly 21,000 vehicle trips per day. That is a forecast, not a measured count of traffic at an operating store. Reported concerns at the approval stage included traffic, noise, property values and emergency response.
Changes described in the proposal to address local concerns include a median-separated slip lane from the southbound I-95 exit, added Courthouse Road lanes, evergreen screening, lowering a proposed sign from 60 feet to 45 feet, and dark-sky-compliant canopy lighting. The reporting describes proposed measures; it does not establish how effective they will be once the site is built.
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No. New Kent County is a separate proposal near I-64 Exit 211. It was previously described as Virginia’s planned second site, but current reporting identifies Stafford as the second location and New Kent as another planned project.
On September 14, 2026, New Kent’s Board of Supervisors amended the project performance agreement, moving its deadline from December 31, 2026, to December 31, 2029. The agreement permits a further 18-month extension if interchange work is delayed. Buc-ee’s development director said the store might open near the end of 2029 if all goes well, but the schedule depends on VDOT’s Exit 211 interchange reconstruction, expected to begin in spring 2027, according to Virginia Business.
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The 2029 date is an agreement deadline, not a guaranteed opening date. The possible 18-month extension would reach into 2031; that helps explain why earlier coverage cited December 2031 rather than indicating a different New Kent site.
| Project | Location | Reported stage and timing |
|---|---|---|
| Stafford | I-95 Exit 140, near Courthouse Road and Austin Ridge Drive | Rezoning and conditional-use permit approved; site purchased. No construction start or opening date announced. |
| New Kent | I-64 Exit 211 | Performance-agreement deadline is December 31, 2029, with a possible 18-month extension if interchange work is delayed. Opening depends on the interchange project. |
What is already open in Virginia?
The Rockingham County Buc-ee’s opened in June 2025 in Mount Crawford. The Virginia regional economic-development organization’s grand-opening release described the facility as a 74,000-square-foot investment and cited 200 jobs and more than $60 million in investment. Those figures refer to the open Rockingham store, not the Stafford project’s separate projections.
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