Prices at the pump rise ahead of holiday weekend

CAROLINA BEACH, NC (WWAY) — Friday is the unofficial kick-off to summer. If you’re hitting the road for the holiday get ready for it to hit you harder in the wallet than in past years. According to AAA, the national gas price average jumped $0.12 in two weeks and $0.06 since last Monday.

Last year around this time the national average was $2.37. Thousands of people will be traveling this weekend and it will be more costly with prices potentially seeing the largest jump since 2014. One Pleasure Island visitor said it’s unfair to raise prices just because more people will be on the roads.

“I don’t think it should go up it should stay the same or even lower because there’s more people out on the road traveling so they’re making more money anyway, so why not just lower it and make traveling easier on people,” Bryan Carey said.

Carey is heading home today and will not be traveling Memorial Day weekend. He thinks prices will continue to rise.