How much are you paying? Gas prices have slowly increased as the week goes on
Every day, it costs drivers a
little more to fill up, and at gas stations across New Jersey, prices have slowly increased as the week goes on.
The slow steady climb continues at the pumps, averaging $3.06 statewide,
and in the coastal areas, according to AAA, $3.07. The trend is expected through
the holiday weekend.
Some stations have seen larger increases. At the BP and Phillips 66 on Route
35 in Wall were in the high $2.80s earlier this week, and today, seven cents
higher in the $2.90s.
Just a month ago, it was 20 cents less, with most of those increases coming in the last week, and a year ago, when most of the state was locked down at just $2 a gallon.
AAA says prices are rising
simply due to demand and industry specialists, not from the pipeline issues
down south. For perspective, the highest average recorded came back in 2008
when gas on average hovered around the $4 mark.
Prices are expected to continue
to climb as more people resume normal activities.