Gov. Jared Polis has signed a letter with the state's two senators opposing the location planned for Buc-ee's second Colorado location.

In a letter to Buc-ee's founder Arch Aplin III, Polis and Sens. John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet call on the company known for its branded merchandise and mega-sized gas stations to look elsewhere, saying the location at the top of Monument Hill along Interstate 25 would disrupt a major effort to preserve land.

"The proposed site is within one of the most consequential conservation corridors in the United States, a landscape that Coloradans from across the political spectrum have worked to conserve at substantial public and private expense," the letter read.

The proposed Buc-ee's site lies on the other side of County Line Road, the southern boundary

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