TEXARKANA, Texas - Rocketfast Car Wash is coming soon to Texarkana.
It will be 10th location in the Rocketfast Car Wash franchise (El Dorado, Arkansas is number nine). It has cleared property on the part of Summerhill just north of Loca Luna restaurant. Materials have just begun piling up.
Rocketfast is going to be a sophisticated, automated facility for car cleaning. Even the local contractor doing the electricals notes the intricacy of the work.
"Not a traditional commercial job," said Brett Jones, operational manager for RW Electric Inc. "With the sensors and what not involved, the work entailed is a little more intricate. Requires a little more fine tuning."
Like lots of construction jobs in the area, work has been stalled, mostly by weather.
"Our part was originally supposed to get going this week, but we got pushed back a couple weeks," he said. "But our part should be complete in the fall. We expect the facility to open not too long after that. This is similar to Zips Car Wash. Bells. Whistles. Highly automated."
The real estate broker involved with the property, Texarkana Commercial Real Estate, expects Rocketfast Car Wash to be opening for business early 2022.