Nearly 10 years after it opened, the Wal-Mart Supercenter on Signal Mountain Road is adding a Murphy fueling station.
Work has started in one corner of the shopping center’s parking lot to hold the fueling center that also will feature a walk-in store, said C.J. Weaver, project superintendent for Cobb Environmental & Technical Services of Tupelo, Miss.
He said workers should take about two-and-a-half months to build the facility that will offer four sets of fuel pumps.
Fletcher Bright Co., which developed the shopping center, termed the Wal-Mart the third highest volume of the Super centers in the Chattanooga area. According to the Chattanooga development company, there’s a traffic volume by the center of about 30,000 cars a day.
Gas prices dropped below $3 a gallon Wednesday at the Murphy USA gas station on Highway 153 in Hixson.George Bright, the company’s president, said the fueling station was envisioned when the shopping center was planned.
The Wal-Mart anchors the $29 million shopping center, dubbed Signal Mountain Village, that created a new retail hub in that part of Hamilton County. The 203,000-square-foot Wal-Mart opened in 2006.
The longtime Mill & Mine Supply Co. Inc. store at the site moved to make room for the shopping center. Mill & Mine eventually opened a location off Dayton Boulevard near Signal Mountain Road.
The shopping center also offers a McAlister’s Deli, Hibbett Sports store, and El Monterray restaurant among other ventures.
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