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Gas Prices Continue Record Surge
The national average for the price of regular unleaded fuel jumped 14 percent in February, according to AAA.
The march toward $4 a gallon for regular unleaded gasoline continues.
The national average of regular unleaded fuel increased to $3.76 per gallon on Sunday, up 8 cents from a week ago and 27 cents over the same time last year, according to the latest AAA survey.
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AAA also reports that the average price per gallon of regular unleaded rose 14 percent in February.
Locally, the survey also shows that the average price of regular unleaded was $3.71 a gallon Sunday, up 4 cents in a week and 25 cents over the same time last year.
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According to a AAA news release, tensions in Iran and Syria, an improving U.S. economy, movement toward solving the European debt crisis and concern over potential fuel supply shortages all have played a factor in the surging gas prices.
Here are some of the cheapest prices in the Parkville-Overlea area, according to Patch’s gas price tracker and MarylandGasPrices.com:
$3.60 Crown 5901 Belair Road $3.62 Exxon 6109 Belair Road $3.63 Cub Hill Citgo 10100 Harford Road $3.64 Sunoco 2920 E. Joppa Road
$3.66
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