Planning commission approves Kwik Trip diesel canopy plan for Lake June Road despite neighborhood traffic concerns

The Balch Springs Planning and Zoning Commission approved a rezoning application on April 17 to allow construction of a diesel fuel canopy and related circulation changes at 12631 Lake June Road, a parcel owned by Kwik Trip.

Kwik Trip presented the application after an earlier denial and a council request to return to the commission. Corey Vaughn, a real estate project manager for Kwik Trip, told the commission the company reduced the originally proposed diesel infrastructure to three diesel bays and added signage and paving changes intended to separate truck circulation from auto traffic. "We're more than just a gas station," Vaughn said, explaining the company also seeks to reduce damage to property and provide safer ingress and egress.

Traffic engineer Kelly Palmer of Lee Engineering described intersection operations around Dunson Drive and Lake June Road and said heavy left-turn volumes at that intersection limit the benefit of adding right-turn lanes. "You have over 400 vehicles in the peak hours making that left…