Gas prices rise for second straight week


February 6, 2012 at 11:03a.m.

Gas prices rise for second straight week

YOUNGSTOWN

Motorists throughout Ohio are paying more for gas for the second straight week.

Monday’s survey from auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and Wright Express puts the average price for regular gas at $3.45 a gallon. That’s up 6 cents from a week ago.

In Youngstown, the average price for a gallon of regular gas is $3.40, up 3 cents from last week.

Drivers were paying an average of about $3.15 at this time last year, before prices climbed to record highs.