gas prices

AAA Mid-Atlantic's Tuesday update showed the average price for a gallon of regular in the Garden State is $3.18, 99 cents higher than this week in 2020.

Prices may continue to drift higher for weeks.

Gasoline prices have been rising rather steadily over the course of the last few weeks in New Jersey as the weather warms up and more folks appear comfortable with hitting the road in the face of COVID-19.

Prices are down a couple of cents statewide versus a week ago, but not much more downward action is expected for now.

The average price of a gallon of regular gas in New Jersey has gone up 7 cents in the past week, nearly 30 cents in a month, and is almost 40 cents more than a year ago, just before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and a nosedive in oil demand.

Summer travel in the Garden State is static, and so are prices at the pump.

Gas prices in New Jersey are five cents higher than a week ago as demand grows, but still 73 cents cheaper than a year ago, says AAA Mid-Atlantic.

New Jersey gas prices continue to drop, down another two cents this week to an average $2.77 a gallon.

1.4 million New Jerseyans plan to travel this 4th of July holiday weekend and most plan to take to the roadways, says AAA.

They could get even lower by summer.