Those hitting the highway for a long weekend road trip are in for a surprise at the pumps – gas prices dropped this week.
On Friday, at some gas stations in Waterloo Region, prices were at $1.50 per litre or lower.
Those traveling both near and far for the long weekend are taking advantage of the decrease.
“It hasn’t been this low for quite some time and I’m very glad to see it go down a little bit,” said resident Ed Knowlton. “[It] helps everybody with grocery prices. Everything’s going up.”
“I wanted to take advantage [Friday] because the prices are low and I don’t know if they’re going to go up [because] sometimes they do, you know, on the long weekend,” said driver Andrea White. “But I’m hoping to get in under the wire.”
According to GasBuddy, prices in Waterloo Region have dipped to levels not seen locally in …