Gas prices continue to trend downwards

STATEWIDE -- Gas prices are continuing their post Labor Day downward trend.

They fell almost 3 cents a gallon in the last week.

According to GasBuddy’s survey of more than 12 hundred stations around the state, the average price is now 3 dollars and 10 cents a gallon.

Thats 2.4 cents a gallon lower than a month ago and 2.9 cents a gallon less than a year ago.

GasBuddy’s head of petroleum analysis Patrick De Haan says quote “Now that much of the nation has begun the transition to cheaper winter gasoline and with driving demand seasonally tapering off as temperatures dip, gas prices face additional downward pressure. We’re still on track to potentially see the national average fall below $3 per gallon for the first time in years this autumn.”