Oak Creek’s Plan Commission last night approved Buc-ee’s Oak Creek plans to build what would become its second gas station in Wisconsin.

The unanimous vote on the more than 73,000 square foot plan on the corner of 27th Street and Elm Road along I-94 came with some slight modifications to what Buc-ee’s originally submitted. The changes included clearly painted pedestrian walkways from the parking lots and additional landscaping.

Still, some Oak Creek residents raised concerns about the increased traffic that the 24-hour business would bring, as well as fuel vapors and potential groundwater pollution.

“And the other thing is just all the sacrificial lambs here,” one said. “Nobody cares that our home values are going to go down, that the city will actually lose money because of tax dollars

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