The Shell outlet on Brown's Bridge Road near Skelton Road had regular, unleaded for $2 during an early morning survey Wednesday - that was down a nickel from Tuesday afternoon.
The average for regular, unleaded in a spot check of eight outlets in town before dawn Wednesday was $2.07. Two were selling it for $2.07; two for $2.09; two for $2.11; one for $2.04; and, the one for $2.00.
On September 28 last year, we report that $3-a-gallon gasoline had returned to Gainesville. That was just a few weeks after prices topped $3 for the first time ever just after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. Prices eased a bit over the next three weeks before moving back to the $3 level.
Statewide, according to GeorgiaGasPrices.com, the lowest price early Thursday was $1.92 at a Sam's Club in Macon and the highest, $2.39, could be found at an Exxon on I-20 in Greensboro.
Gainesville area price (average) for regular, unleaded:
2005
Mar. 17 - $2.00
Apr. 7 - $2.20
Apr. 25 - $2.10
Aug. 5 - $2.25
Aug. 7 - $2.35
Aug. 10 - $2.40
Sep. 1 - $3.19 (morning)
Sep. 1 - $3.49 (afternoon)
Nov. 4 - $2.35
Dec. 3 - $1.90
Dec. 31 - $2.16
2006
Apr. 10 - $2.60
Jul. 25 - $2.96
Sep. 27 - $2.07
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