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North Carolina town approves states first Buc-ees after 8-hour council meeting WFTV [Video]

A North Carolina town will be getting a Buc-ee’s convenience store, but not before an 8-hour city council meeting that heard praise for the potential jobs a store may bring and criticism for the annoyance the traffic will surely draw.

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In the end, the Mebane, (North Carolina), City Council voted 5-0 to bring the popular Texas-based travel plaza to their town.

The Mebane Buc-ee’s will be the first Buc-ee’s in North Carolina, according to WFMY.

Hundreds of people came to the meeting – representing both sides of the argument, according to the television station.

Mebane, a town of 18,408, will see a 75,000-square-foot building just off I-40 on a 32-acre site. The plan also calls for up to 120 fuel pumps at the store.

Those who have concerns over the amount of traffic such a store will bring to a small town have only to point to the popularity of …

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