Businesses planned for freeway exit 172
Trucks stop, restaurants on drawing board
BY BILL DEAVER
MOJAVE - Progress is continuing on plans to develop the interchange of the new Highway 58 freeway and Business 58 east of Mojave, a Bakersfield developer said last week.
Lawton Powers said ground could be broken for the first phase of development of Exit 172 by summer.
Powers said a truck stop, two fast-food restaurants, a truck wash, and a motel will probably be the first businesses built at the interchange.
Other businesses could follow, including at least two to three convenience stores, five fast food businesses, one to two coffee shops, and "a couple of motels" whose owners he is in negotiations with.
Powers, who has developed freeway interchanges up and down the San Joaquin Valley, is working with the Mojave Public Utility District to supply water and sewer service to the site. The Kern County Local Agency Formation Commission is handling an application to annex property at the site to the district.
At last Thursday's MPUD meeting, General Manager Bruce Gaines said the district will be able to begin laying lines to the site after grading permits are issued and final legal details are worked out.
Flying J
Meanwhile, Utah-based Flying J continues its efforts to settle a legal dispute with the California Transportation Commission over a land exchange at Exit 167, at the new freeway and Highway 14. Flying J wants to build a travel plaza that will employ around 80 people. Construction of new businesses at the interchange is expected to benefit industries planned for the north side of Mojave Airport. Those businesses could connect to water and sewer lines built to serve the interchange.
Commercial Property on Highway 14 between Mojave and California City
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