Drivers pulling into the H-E-B at 300 W. Olmos Drive have hit a snag lately: the gas pumps are torn up, construction vehicles and a work zone surround the fuel area, and the parking lot near the corner of Olmos Drive and San Pedro Avenue has gotten noticeably harder to navigate. The store, which has anchored that corner for more than 30 years, is in the middle of a fuel station overhaul that swaps out its aging underground tanks and kiosks for new digital pumps.
The project, filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation in March 2026, carries a price tag of $75,000 and covers roughly 1,000 square feet of gas pump area, according to MySA. H-E-B representatives told the outlet the work was originally supposed to start in April and wrap by the start of August, but construction didn't actually begin until around that planned completion date, and crews now expect the job to run three to four months.
Why the Ground Is Torn Up
Swapping underground fuel tanks isn't as simple as digging a hole and dropping in new hardware. The project involves replacing underground equipment rather than simply patching the existing station.
The project is replacing old equipment rather than simply patching it, with new digital pump displays and kiosks.
Part of a Bigger Fuel Upgrade Push
The Olmos Park project is one piece of what MySA describes as a yearslong effort by H-E-B to modernize its fuel displays, with new touchscreen pumps already rolled out from New Braunfels to Schertz. Hoodline previously reported that TDLR filings show a $560,000 fuel center remodel underway at the company's Schertz H-E-B Plus! location, part of a broader statewide push to bring pump technology up to date.
Fuel infrastructure is just one front in H-E-B's spending spree around San Antonio this year. The grocer is pouring $15.6 million into a historic overhaul of its Las Palmas West Side store and spending $572,000 on an interior refresh at its Alon Market location, according to prior Hoodline reporting. Back in February, state filings showed H-E-B dropping $21 million on an entirely new supermarket complex in Converse complete with an integrated convenience store, fuel station, and car wash.
A Familiar Playbook in Abilene
H-E-B has run a similar excavation before. In August, the company planned to complete a $1.9 million overhaul of the parking lot at its Barrow Street store in Abilene, resurfacing about 295,000 square feet of pavement at that city's only H-E-B. The Olmos Park job follows the same basic script: tear out aging infrastructure, then rebuild it to current standards while customers navigate around the construction.
That navigation has proven to be the sticking point for shoppers at Olmos Park. The lot has grown more treacherous to get through during construction, a problem compounded by how much traffic funnels through this single store. The Olmos Park H-E-B operates daily from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. and functions as a multi-service hub with a drive-thru pharmacy, curbside pickup, and Favor same-day delivery, all of which route vehicles through the same tight footprint now partially blocked by construction crews.
A Tight Squeeze in a Tiny City
Space constraints make the disruption sting more here than it might elsewhere. The compact setting leaves little commercial real estate to work with, and the H-E-B on Olmos Drive serves nearby residents while the fuel station work drags on.
H-E-B, based in San Antonio, operates more than 350 stores across Texas. The company has not said when the Olmos Park fuel station will reopen beyond the three-to-four-month construction window, but the pattern from Abilene and elsewhere suggests shoppers should expect the new digital pumps to be running well before the parking lot fully returns to normal.
