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Busy travel weekend expected for Labor Day thanks to lower prices than last year
GasBuddy says it was cheapest summer for gas in 12 years
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Frank Barroqueiro stops by the Kroger Fuel Center on Thompson Bridge Road Wednesday afternoon to fill the tank of his Jeep. Drivers should be pleased to notice that even as gas prices are on the rise, they are still the lowest summer average in 12 years, which could mean more traveling this Labor Day weekend.
It hasn’t felt like it recently, but this summer has featured the cheapest gas prices since 2004, according to GasBuddy.com. That’s good news for drivers ahead of the Labor Day weekend, as Georgia gas prices — at $2.16 per gallon — were still more than 14 cents cheaper than a year ago as of Wednesday. And nationally, prices were 6.5 cents higher than the current Georgia average but a full 25 cents cheaper than the national average a year earlier.