PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) -- Christmas keeps coming for Peoria area motorists as gas prices continue their weeks long decline, according to a website that monitors gas prices.

According to the GasBuddy website, the average price of gas in the Peoria area was $3.11 a gallon, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. That's down 2.9 cents from last week's average.

That's 20.4 cents lower than a month ago and 21.3 cents a gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel rose 4.7 cents last week, with the national average being at $3.64 a gallon.

The cheapest places in the Peoria area, the website reported, was Costco in East Peoria that reported $2.86 a gallon. The most expensive area station was $3.39 a gallon.

The average price of gas in the U.S. rose 2.5 cen

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