Average Mass. gas price hits $3
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I-495 northbound in Marlborough
The average gasoline price in Massachusetts has hit the $3 mark, according to a Tuesday press release from the travel association AAA Northeast.
The shift happened as average gas prices per gallon of regular unleaded rose one cent from last week.
The price reported Tuesday is 7 cents higher than a month ago, and 90 cents higher than July 6, 2020, per AAA.
“Higher crude oil prices and robust demand for gasoline — reinforced by record road travel during the July Fourth weekend — are pushing pump prices higher,” said Mary Maguire, AAA Northeast director of public and government affairs, in a statement. “We had hoped that global crude production increases would bring some relief at the pump this month, but weekend OPEC negotiations fell through with no agreement reached, and now crude prices are poised to surge to a seven-year high.”
The national average, which was reported on Tuesday at $3.13 per gallon, was up three cents from a week prior.
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