Gas prices reach highest level in nearly seven years
WGAL News 8 Updated: 7:07 AM EDT May 12, 2021
WGAL News 8 Updated: 7:07 AM EDT May 12, 2021
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Show Transcript RIGHT NOW, THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR A GALLON OF GAS IS $2.99, THAT’S THE HIGHEST AVERAGE PRICE SINCE NOVEMBER 2014. TYPICALLY, HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA WE PAY A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, AND THAT IS THE CASE AS YOU CAN SEE. IN LANCASTER COUNTY, $3.09 A GALLON. THAT IS TH AVERAGE PRICE IN THE STATE. THAT IS SEVEN CENTS HIGHER THAN A WEEK AGO, $.12 MORE THAN A MONTH AGO, AND OVER A DOLLAR MORE THAN WE PAID AT THIS TIME A YEAR AGO. HERE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, THE LANCASTER AND YORK AREAS HAVE THE HIGHEST AVERAGE PRICE AT $3.10 A GALLON. THE AVERAGE PRICE IS $3.07 IN THE HARRISBURG REGION, AND AAA SAYS THE LOWEST AVERAGE PRICE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY IS IN LEBANON COUNTY AT $3.05 A GALLON. WE HAVE INCLUDED A RESOURCE ONLINE AT WGAL.COM TO HELP Y FIND THE LOWEST GA
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