COLUMBUS – The price of gasoline in Columbus is at its lowest point in over a month following the busy Thanksgiving weekend.
The average retail price for a gallon of regular gas in central Ohio Monday morning was $2.41, 17 cents less expensive than a week ago and the least expensive since Oct. 23, according to a daily survey by the auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and WEX, Inc.
The statewide average priced dropped 8 cents over the weekend to $2.42 a gallon.
The price is nevertheless 39 cents more than it was in 2016, thanks to higher oil prices and a supply squeeze caused by a variety of circumstances.
The price is also 10 cents lower than the national average, which declined slightly ahead of the holiday weekend.