Georgia gas prices up — just in time for Memorial Day holiday travel

Just in time for Memorial Day, AAA has announced the national average for gas prices rose to $2.70 a gallon — a new high for 2015.

“Thanks to fluctuating oil prices, gasoline keeps inching up at a time of year when prices typically begin their fall,” said Mark Jenkins, spokesman, AAA - The Auto Club Group.

That means:

• Gasoline prices are 4 cents higher per gallon since last Sunday.
• The gas average for Georgia is $2.62.
• Both Tennessee, average price $2.46, and Alabama, average price $2.48, are bargains — especially if you are driving a gas guzzler.
• The price appears to get cheaper closer to the stateline: Rome is $2.55, Calhoun is $2.49, Ringgold is $2.29 — just south of the Chattanooga price of $2.25.
• Gas prices are expected to keep rising in conjunction with rising oil prices that hit $60 a barrel last week. The good new is that it is still $50 a barrel cheaper than the peak in spring 2014.