Kwik Trip’s plans for a Prescott store were approved by the City Council Monday night.

Council member Tom Oss opposed the plans, because of questions over traffic patterns around the store.

Kwik Trip plans to build a 10,950-squarefoot convenience store with a single-bay car wash.

The store will be built at Campbell and Henry Streets, just south of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, which is selling property to the LaCrosse-based convenience store chain.

Access to the store will be off of Henry Street with an exit onto Campbell Street.

The store predicts it will generate 500-600 cars a day, and there was some concern expressed about its effect on congestion with Orrin Road and Hwy. 10.

As part of the plan, Kwik Trip will also redevelop the St. Paul’s Church parking lot.

The store will be open 24 hours and offerings will be typical of Kwik Trip stores.

The city plan commission had recommended approval of the plan last week. Access to the store can’t be made off of Campbell Street.

Kwik Trip plans for a brick building that will be a “multi-million-dollar investment in the City of Prescott,” Steven Lowe, Kwik Trip Development/Construction Manager said, “not only in the physical improvements and development of a vacant parcel but also an investment of approximately 25-30 new permanent jobs in the city. The projected payroll here is estimated to be nearly $500,000 annually.”

Kwik Trip had wanted in and out traffic on Campbell.

“The planning commission recommended approval of the site plan with the understanding they (Kwik Trip) wanted in and out off of Campbell Street. We said that’s not going to happen at all,” said Mayor David Hovel. “They asked for a third driveway off of Henry Street. That seems excessive.”

“I see the compromise,” Oss said, regarding the exit-only traffic on Campbell. “I did get the amended drawing indicating the rightturn only. I still have some issues there with the stack up I see without anybody there. On a regular day, it backs up because of the stoplight and the yield area there by Orrin Road. It’s going to be a traffic jam on a regular basis there.”

After discussion on traffic – including the idea that at some point the traffic lights at Hwy. 10 will likely be converted to a roundabout – council member Maureen Otwell recommended approval of the Kwik Trip plan, and Dar Hintz made the second.

The plan is for development of the church parking lot in 2021, and the store will be built in 2022.

New City Council Member Needed!

Candidates have until Tuesday, Jan. 5 to turn in nomination papers for elected office. Two seats are on the ballot for Prescott City Council, and in wards five and six, incumbent Josh Gergen does not intend to seek re-election, Hovel said. Also on the ballot will be the alderperson-at-large seat held by Bailey Ruona, who is seeking re-election.

Stop in at city hall to register candidacy and pick up nomination papers.

For more information, contact City Administrator Jayne Brand at City Hall 715-262-5544.