Gas
prices
fall
about
9.6-11
cents
ahead of
Thanksgiving
holiday
travel Tell
Us
Detroit
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DEARBORN
- Gas
prices
statewide
have
fallen
by 9.6 -
11 cents
per
gallon
in the
past
week
ahead of
the
Thanksgiving
holiday,
AAA
Michigan
said.
The
average
price
for
self-serve
regular
unleaded
gasoline
was
about
$2.63
per
gallon,
the
Dearborn-based
auto
club
said
early
Monday.
That's
about 51
cents
more
than at
the same
point
last
year.
Michigan's
lowest
average
price
was
about
$2.52
per
gallon
in the
Lansing
and East
Lansing
areas.
The
highest
was
about
$2.71
per
gallon
in the
Ann
Arbor
area.
According
to
GasBuddy,
prices
in metro
Detroit
have
fallen
9.6
cents
per
gallon
in the
past
week,
with the
average
now at
$2.65
per
gallon.
GasBuddy
surveyed
1,734
gas
stations
in the
area.
That's
compared
to the
national
average,
which is
down 2.6
cents to
$2.54
per
gallon.
Gas is
still
significantly
higher
than it
was a
year
ago.
GasBuddy
said it
is 61.4
cents
higher
per
gallon
than the
same day
one year
ago and
8 cents
higher
than a
month
ago.
Last
year,
the
average
price at
this
time was
$2.03
per
gallon,
and it
was even
cheaper
than
that, at
$1.94
per
gallon
in 2015.
Prices
were
significantly
higher
in years
past,
with
2014
being
$2.87
per
gallon,
$3.18 in
2013 and
$3.51 in
2012.
The
decline
comes as
AAA
projects
more
than 1.6
million
people
from
Michigan
will
travel
around
the
Thanksgiving
holiday.
AAA
Michigan
surveys
daily
fuel
prices
at 2,800
gas
stations
across
the
state.
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