AAA: GEORGIANS CONTINUE TO ENJOY CHEAPER GAS PRICES, IN SPITE OF SLIGHT UPTICK

Georgia’s gas prices rose slightly during the past week, according to AAA, The Auto Club Group. Motorists statewide are now paying the average price of $1.96 a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline. That is four cents more than a week ago, three cents less than last month, and 46 cents less than at this time last year.

It now costs $29.40 to fill a 15-gallon tank of gasoline; that’s $11.70 less than what motorists paid in April of 2019, when pump prices hit last year’s peak of $2.74 per gallon.

Montrae Waiters, AAA spokeswoman, states, “The slight growth in demand has edged the Georgia gas price average more expensive.”

However, she asserts, “Motorists likely will see a decrease at the pump in the coming weeks as some states increase travel restrictions and others roll back reopening processes due to increased COVID-19 cases across the country, which could impact demand.”

Rome is among the least expensive metro markets in Georgia with an average of $1.88 per gallon of regular unleaded.

Sunday’s national average of $2.12 per gallon of regular unleaded gasoline is one cent more than a week ago, five cents less than a month ago, and 48 cents less than at this time last year.