Iowa (RI) — Many Iowans are busy making their summer travel plans, which for some of us starts with the three-day Memorial Day weekend ahead.
AAA Iowa spokesman Brian Ortner says it won’t be the best summer for travel, but it’ll still be pretty good.
The region includes Iowa as well as Nebraska, Minnesota, Kansas, Missouri and the Dakotas. While most Iowans who will be getting away on Memorial Day will be driving or flying, there are transportation alternatives.
AAA says the statewide average price for a gallon of gasoline during Memorial Day weekend last year was three-59 a gallon. Prices today in Iowa are averaging two-93, or 66 cents a gallon cheaper. That’s part of the reason Ortner predicts a good summer travel season ahead.
The AAA survey shows Iowa’s cheapest gas is in Des Moines at $2.84 a gallon, while the most expensive pump prices are in Ames at $3.09.
A check of northwest Iowa gas prices on gasbuddy.com shows the most expensive gas in Rock Rapids, Sibley, and Hawarden, at $2.99. It’s $2.98 in George; $2.94 in Paullina, Alton, and Orange City; $2.91 in Rock Valley; $2.89 in Inwood and Sanborn; $2.87 in Hull; $2.86 in Sioux Center, $2.84 in Sheldon, and the area’s lowest price is $2.79 in Boyden.
(Pat Powers, KQWC, Webster City + KIWA Staff)
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