Pilot has focused instead on absorbing the Flying J truck stop company and won't revisit the Jane Lew issue until next year, said Doug Parsons of the Lewis County Economic Development Authority.

Pilot cannot guarantee it will ever be built. The truck stop would have created about 50 jobs and a $1 million payroll. Parsons also was working with two fast food chain restaurants for Jane Lew that have now backed out.

Still, Parsons said he has a positive outlook for Jane Lew's commercial future because of the number of workers in the area.

"There's certainly a good base of people there," he said. "Within that area there's probably 1,000 jobs within a half-mile radius of that intersection."

Three gas stations are considering building in the area, he said.