Convenience store approved for new bridge area

Business Today

The Cape Girardeau City Council voted 6-1 Oct. 6 to approve plans by Clila LP to build a Bi-State Southern convenience store and gas station on the southeast corner of the intersection near the new Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge.

In approving the project, the council agreed to issue a special use permit and rezone property from residential to commercial.

In issuing a special use permit, the council said it would require the developer to pay the cost of restriping part of southbound Sprigg Street to provide a left turn lane so customers can safely turn into the convenience store. The store will have two entrances, both facing Sprigg Street, Bi-State Southern owner Scott Blank said.

Blank said the project is a multi-million dollar development that will improve the neighborhood and generate additional tax revenue for the city.

Blank said the 4,000-square-foot convenience store would be open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Customers will be able to pump gas at other hours by using credit cards.