GASOLINE PRICES REMAIN ABOUT 20-CENTS A GALLON SHY OF THEIR ALL-TIME HIGH IN IOWA.
MEREDITH MITTS, SPOKESWOMAN FOR TRIPLE-A-IOWA, SAYS PRICES AT THE PUMP APPEAR TO HAVE STABILIZED.
GAS1 OC….TEN-CENT RANGE :14
THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE IS THREE-84 A GALLON AND MITTS DOUBTS PRICES WILL DROP DRAMATICALLY ANYTIME SOON.
GAS2 OC….THE SAME :19
THE START OF SUMMER TRAVEL SEASON IS STILL SEVERAL WEEKS AWAY BUT MITTS SAYS IT’S A SAFE BET PRICES WILL RISE AROUND THE BIG HOLIDAYS LIKE MEMORIAL DAY, THE FOURTH OF JULY AND LABOR DAY.
GAS3 OC….AROUND THE WORLD :18
GIVEN THE CURRENT STATEWIDE AVERAGE OF THREE-84 A GALLON, THAT PRICE IS MORE THAN A DOLLAR HIGHER THAN IOWA’S AVERAGE A YEAR AGO OF TWO-78. IOWA’S HIGHEST-EVER AVERAGE OF FOUR-OH-TWO A GALLON WAS SET IN JULY OF 2008.
