Lowe’s spent close to $400,000 and two years on environmental studies to gain approval to build a 140,000-square-foot store on the northeast corner of the 120 Bypass and Airport Way in Manteca. In 2008, they hoped to be within six months of breaking ground when a state agency decreed they had to do yet another environmental study. This time it was $80,000 to examine the impact of idling trucks unloading freight on air quality.