Construction on Ferguson Township Rutter’s continues. What to expect this summer
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- Construction is underway for a 13,470-square-foot Rutter’s at Blue Course Drive.
- Final land development plans were approved in March 2025, ground broken earlier this year.
- Intermittent traffic disruptions and lane closures are anticipated along Blue Course.
With summer fast approaching, those driving around the area may notice an uptick in construction across Centre County, including work at a large Ferguson Township site that will eventually host a well-known gas station and convenience store chain.
Located at the corner of Blue Course Drive and West College Avenue, adjacent to Blaise Alexander Hyundai, construction is well underway on a 13,470-square-foot Rutter’s gas station and store that will become the regional chain’s second in Centre County. The first was built in 2020 at 731 Rishel Hill Road in Benner Township.
Preliminary plans for the Rutter’s were announced in 2022, the final land development plan was approved in March 2025 and ground was broken at the site earlier this year.
As construction progresses, residents and travelers in the area can expect some traffic disruption in the months ahead, according to Thomas King, who served as Ferguson Township’s interim manager until May 25.
“Construction has been progressing with no unanticipated events, though intermittent traffic disruptions and lane closures are anticipated in this area throughout summer 2026 as public improvements are completed as part of this project,” he wrote in an email to the Centre Daily Times.
The specific areas expected to see the intermittent disruptions are along Blue Course Drive between West College Avenue and Westerly Parkway, King said.
The plans for Ferguson Township’s Rutter’s include a beer cave and wine wall, food kiosks, a dining area and various retail displays. The parking lot will have 96 total spaces — 49 regular spaces, 27 RV and trailer spaces, 16 fueling spaces and four American Disabilities Act-approved spaces. An area for RV sewage dumping is also included.
Although automotive diesel will be offered at the fuel pumps, high-speed diesel pumps for tractor trailers will not be, unlike at the Benner Township location.
In accordance with the township’s code of ordinances, the site will also include 47 canopy trees, 28 understory and evergreen trees and 455 shrubs, along with five outdoor mounted wall lights, 18 fueling station-illuminating canopy lights and 20 pole mounted lights to illuminate the parking lot.
Drivers on both West College Avenue and Blue Course Drive will be able to access the gas station, with West College Avenue’s side of the property being accessed from Old Block Road. Traffic will be able to enter the road from both the avenue’s west- and eastbound lanes, although only a right turn out of the gas station onto the avenue’s westbound lane will be permitted.
A traffic signal with north- and southbound turning lanes will be built and used to access the Rutter’s from Blue Course Drive. From there, drivers will use a connector road that’ll eventually link up with Old Block Road, taking them to the gas station.
Rutter’s will also reconstruct an existing concrete median along Blue Course Drive to allow for an additional left hand turning lane to be built.
While an official opening date for the Rutter’s is unclear, King noted that the municipality’s schedule for public improvements along Blue Course Drive and College Avenue shows all projects in that corridor to be completed in summer 2026.
Rutter’s Marketing and Communications Coordinator Sydney Durand did not respond to a request for an update on the project’s timeline.