Gas prices continue to rise in Texas with the cost at the pump jumping up approximately 62 cents in the last week, according to AAA.
The Austin-San Marcos area was paying around $3.98 per gallon for regular unleaded gas as of Thursday — a record price according to AAA — compared to $3.37 on March 3. AAA said Texans are seeing gas price averages at a level never seen before in the Lone Star State with averages sitting at $4 per gallon on Thursday because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“Gas prices are climbing at a weekly pace we’ve never seen before, breaking records that set in 2008 across the state,” AAA Texas spokesperson Daniel Armbruster said in a statement. “Prices are anticipated to keep rising due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the impact it’s causing on crude oil prices.”
