PHILADELPHIA - The area will experience the highest gas prices this holiday weekend since 2014 as a record number of drivers to hit the roads for the Fourth of July weekend, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic."I'm headed up to Lake George tomorrow," said Matt Hartley as he gassed up at Royal Farms in Ridley Park.
He’s noticing higher prices at the pumps just as travel for July 4th begins. "They've definitely been going up a lot quicker than I anticipated," he said. $3.19 a gallon for regular in Delaware County.
Tom McDermott says he isn’t surprised. "I expected it. They normally go up this time of the year," he said. McDermott drives for a living.