Statewide, Iowa – Even with gasoline prices in Iowa well over four dollars a gallon in some areas, a survey finds most Iowa motorists are simply resigning themselves to paying more to fill the tank and they won’t let it foil their Memorial Day weekend plans.
Brian Ortner, spokesman for AAA Iowa, says projections for the holiday ahead indicate slightly fewer motorists will be traveling 50 miles or more from home compared to last year.
A recent hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship generated a great deal of news and concern, but Ortner says based on the numbers he’s seeing, it’s not keeping Iowans from booking cruises of their own, as cruises remain exceptionally popular.
Gas prices in Iowa are the highest they’ve been in four years and some analysts project it could be 2027 before we again see pre-Iran war pump prices. Ortner says it’s very difficult to project how long it may take to bring prices down, once hostilities cease.
AAA says the average price for a gallon of gas in Iowa is $4.19 that’s a $1.31 higher compared to this date a year ago.
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