Buc-ee's not coming to Millerville

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Buc-ee’s, the popular Texas rest stop chain that announced amid much fanfare earlier this year it planned to open its first location outside the Lone Star State at the Greens at Millerville, has decided not to go forward with the project after all.

Developer Windy Gladney says Buc-ee’s corporate office notified him late last week it was terminating its purchase agreement to buy the 15-acre site at the intersection of Interstate 12 and Millerville Road on which the mammoth rest stop was to have been developed.

“I’m sad for Baton Rouge,” says Gladney. “We did everything they needed, and everything was ready for the them to go.”

Gladney says he is disappointed that so much time and effort went into trying to make the project happen, and frustrated that he can’t get a straight answer from Buc-ee’s officials as to why they decided not to move into Louisiana.

“They said they couldn’t get everything lined up in the state of Louisiana,” he says. “They’re trying to blame it on us. They’re playing their cards very close to their vest.”

Buc-ee’s did not return multiple calls and email requests today seeking comment. The company’s project engineer, Scott Ratcliff, reached by phone, would say only that, “the stars did not align in Louisiana” and declined to comment further.