Updated to correct the name of Mattress and More Liquidators Burtonsville has bid farewell to its 7-Eleven, located at 15585 Old Columbia Pike. The building is set to be demolished as part of the plans for Wawa to open its second Montgomery County location on the current site of 7-Eleven and the adjacent Mattress and More Liquidators (15595 Old Columbia Pike). Mattress and More Liquidators is expected to “close soon”, but an exact date is not yet available.
In November 2023, we let you know of plans to bring Wawa to Burtonsville. The construction plans were approved in January and with 7-Eleven’s closure, the ball is rolling towards the construction of the new gas station and convenience store that also offers made-to-order food.
The initial development application for Wawa was accepted by Montgomery Planning on Tuesday, November 21st 2023. On June 26, 2024, Dong Ya, LLC and Hong Cheng LLC (“Applicant”) filed Preliminary Plan No. 120240160, Site Plan No. 820240170, and Forest Conservation Plan No. F20240210 (“Project”).
The county’s first Wawa opened in March 2024 in Gaithersburg. Plans for that location materialized in early 2019, but Wawa didn’t open until approximately five years. Specific dates for construction and opening timeframes are not yet available for the Burtonsville location.
Per the planning documents: “The Applicant proposes to create one 3.36 net acre lot and demolish the existing structures to construct a new 5,919 square foot Wawa convenience store/restaurant, automobile filling station, 50 parking spaces, redesigned driveway access, landscaping, and other site-related improvements. The Project will include up to nine electric vehicle charging stations. The Project will also provide two landscaped and shaded public open space areas with tables and seating areas.
Additionally, the Applicant will provide a new signalized intersection at the western driveway ingress/egress on Old Columbia Pike across from the Burtonsville Town Center Shopping Center. The eastern ingress/egress will become a right-out-only exit. Also, the Applicant proposes a new 10-foot wide sidepath along Old Columbia Pike and a 16-foot bike breezeway sidepath along the ramp to Route 29. The breezeway sidepath is part of the Burtonsville to Silver Spring Breezeway.
The Property has frontage on two state-owned and maintained roads: Old Columbia Pike to the north and Columbia Pike south ramps to the east. As shown in Figure 5, vehicular, pedestrian, and bicyclist access to the Property will be provided through Old Columbia Pike through two curb-cut driveways. The driveway located to the west side of the Property will be 30 feet wide, allowing two-way access for motor vehicles, pedestrians, and bicyclists. The driveway located to the east side of the Property will be 17-foot-wide, and will serve as a one-way, right-turn only exit for motor vehicles The proposed 10-foot-wide sidepath and the proposed 16-foot-wide breezeway (sidepath) along the frontages of the Subject Property will serve as the primary means of access for pedestrians and bicyclists.
Sidewalks to both sides east and west will connect to the proposed 10-foot-wide sidepath along Old Columbia Pike and provide safe and immediate access for pedestrians and bicyclists. Crosswalks and safe crossing passages are provided to connect the building with the proposed pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, allowing pedestrians and bicyclists to have safe and adequate access to the building.