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Glenwood Springs won’t be experiencing gas shortages anytime soon, according to Grier Bailey, Executive Director for the Colorado Wyoming Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association.
But a trucker shortage throughout the United States will have an impact on product prices overall in the Roaring Fork Valley and beyond.
Bailey said there is a shortage of truckers in the region, but the truckers hauling petroleum are tried and true to the Western Slope area.
“The drivers that service the western part of the state are some of the most experienced drivers in the industries,” Bailey said. “It makes our drivers pretty dedicated. It doesn’t diminish the industry wide problem we have. The driver shortage is going to be hitting prices as logistics becomes more expensive at the wholesale distribution level.”