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AAA Predicts Highest Travel Volume on Record for Holiday Week
Headed home for the holidays?
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For the latest on construction delays, up-to-date traffic information related to closed travel lanes, accidents or congestion, go to the North Carolina Department of Transportation website, www.ncdot.gov, and click on Travel & Maps and then on the Traveler Information Management System.
You should not only plan for strong storms as you leave town for the holidays, but AAA says you should also expect more people on the roads and in the sky.
The average for gas in OR is up three cents to $2.32 a gallon heading into Christmas weekend, the cheapest it has been since 2008.
Over 90 percent of travelers (91.3 million people) will drive to their holiday destinations, an increase of 1.4 percent over past year.
A record number of travelers are expected to hit the roads this holiday season.
According to a media release at Gasbuddy.com, 29 states had an average price below $2 and five more, including Florida, were expected to reach that mark in the next few days. Eight percent are traveling because gasoline prices are lower this month.
Millions more will fly to their holiday destinations.
On a national level, the number of year-end holiday travelers is expected to top 100 million for the first time on record.
The year-end holiday travel period is defined as Wednesday, December 23, 2015 to Sunday, January 3, 2016.
It may not look a lot like Christmas, but it’s not slowing down holiday travel. Those numbers represent a 1.4 increase over last year and the seventh consecutive year of year end holiday travel growth. Paul International Airport. A long line had formed at the giant Checkpoint 6, but it appeared to be moving quickly.
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Drivers don’t even need to worry which states they’ll be traveling to and from, because according to the CNBC news source, at least one gas station in 47 of the 50 states will be selling fuel at that price of under $2 per gallon. Friday. WBTV found gas as low as $1.59 in Rock Hill. This makes gas prices the lowest the country has seen since 2006. By late winter, prices will likely creep up as more refineries conduct maintenance, which reduces production.