Mayor: Buc-ee’s visitors — not local taxpayers — will pay for infrastructure improvements

Mayor: Buc-ee’s visitors — not local taxpayers — will pay for infrastructure improvements

MANSFIELD — Infrastructure improvements needed to create a new Buc-ee’s Travel Center will ultimately be paid for by the thousands of visitors who buy the brisket sandwiches, Beaver nuggets and branded novelty items. That’s because the planned development agreement between the city of Mansfield and Buc-ee’s calls for the use of a tool called a New Community Authority, which will levy a 2 percent tax on all non-fuel purchases when the sprawling t…