Gas Prices Jump
A jump at the pump. Drivers in and around Detroit will see gas prices up near three dollars a gallon.
Prices were raised Sunday. The digital sign read $3.02 at the BP station at Five Mile and Inkster roads on the Livonia-Redford Township border.
The Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday says the price of a gallon of regular jumped four cents in the last two weeks and now average $2.91.
Analyst Trilby Lundberg says the average price for a gallon of mid-grade was $3.05, and premium was at $3.16.
Denver had the lowest average price among cities surveyed at $2.61 a gallon for regular. Long Island, NY, was highest among surveyed areas at $3.21.
In Michigan, AAA Michigan says prices are about 25-cents higher than at this time last year. Last week, the lowest gas prices in the state were in the Traverse City area, while the highest were in Marquette.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
