Sheetz currently has two projects underway in Waynesburg.

The first is reconstruction of a new building next to the existing location on East Roy Furman Highway. That project is tentative to be finished in early December.

The second is to add another Sheetz, scheduled to start in the spring of 2018: a new gas station and Made-to-Order area on Murtha drive, about two miles east of the current location.

“We build about 20 to 30 new stores per year, and these are in areas that we know there is a desire for a new Sheetz,” said Public Relations Manager Nick Ruffner. “Waynesburg is a good community for us, and I know that we already have a couple stores in that area, so it just made sense to put another store there.”

The Sheetz expansion that is already in progress on Roy Furman Highway will be 6,000 square feet. It will also have indoor and outdoor seating areas for customers and 12 gas pumps. The current Sheetz, though, is still open for business. After the new one is finished, the current one will be torn down and the property will most likely be used for parking.

“It is open during that project and [reconstruction of the new Sheetz] will be finished at the end of this year,” said Ruffner.

The upcoming Sheetz project on Murtha Drive, which is located below Wal-Mart, will begin in the spring of 2018, and construction is scheduled to finish in September 2018, according to Ruffner.

This Sheetz will have a drive-thru for food and drinks, indoor and outdoor seating for customers, 12 gas pumps.

Ruffner said he is anticipating success for both new locations.

“Waynesburg is a great community,” Ruffner said. “It is huge for us to have two Sheetz’s in the community.”