AAA Texas: Weekend Gas Watch; Lower Gas Prices for Memorial Day Weekend.IRVING, Texas Irving (pronounced 'er-ving') is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 191,615; the 2006 estimate was 201,927 according to the North Central Texas Council of Governments, and 196,084 according to -- Pump prices continued lower for the fourth consecutive week as motorists prepare for the Memorial Day weekend, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. AAA AAA: see American Automobile Association. (Triple A) A common single-cell battery used in a myriad of electronic devices of all variety. Like its double A (AA) cousin, it provides 1.5 volts of DC power. When used in series, the voltage is multiplied. Texas' Weekend Gas Watch. The statewide average price for regular self-serve is $2.015 a gallon gallon: see English units of measurement. , a weekly decrease of nearly four cents. The current average is 8.8 cents higher than a year ago. Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, in Christianity Corpus Christi [Lat.,=body of Christ], feast of the Western Church, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday (or on the following Sunday). has the lowest average at $1.902 a gallon -- almost five cents less than last week's average. Houston motorists are paying under $2 at $1.992 a gallon -- a four cents weekly drop. Dallas has the highest average at $2.056 -- a drop of almost four pennies. "An estimated 3.5 million Texans are expected to travel this Memorial Day weekend, with 81% of them driving to their destinations," said Rose Rougeau, spokesperson for AAA Texas. "There may be some retailers, who will bump up bump up Verb Informal to increase (prices) by a large amount Verb 1. bump up - increase or raise; "OPEC bumped up the price of oil" their prices during the holiday weekend, but the trend through the region is for lower prices and that should continue for the next few weeks." The national average for regular self-serve gasoline gasoline or petrol, light, volatile mixture of hydrocarbons for use in the internal-combustion engine and as an organic solvent, obtained primarily by fractional distillation and "cracking" of petroleum, but also obtained from natural gas, by is $2.111 a gallon -- a weekly decline of three pennies. AAA Texas' Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline at popular destinations for automobile trips.
Average Daily Prices as of 12:01 A.M., May 27, 2005:
Last
Week's Weekly 2004
Area Current Average Change New Record Price Average
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National $2.111 $2.143 -3.2 cents $2.276 (4/11/05) $2.054
State $2.015 $2.053 -3.8 cents $2.175 (4/11/05) $1.927
Austin-San
Marcos $1.993 $2.034 -4.1 cents $2.159 (4/11/05) $1.927
Beaumont $1.981 $2.010 -2.9 cents $2.140 (4/09/05) $1.899
Corpus Christi $1.902 $1.950 -4.8 cents $2.173 (4/09/05) $1.925
Dallas $2.056 $2.094 -3.8 cents $2.180 (4/09/05) $1.929
Ft. Worth $2.039 $2.078 -3.8 cents $2.176 (4/11/05) $1.922
Galveston-Texas
City $2.010 $2.035 -2.5 cents $2.159 (4/11/05) $1.911
Houston $1.992 $2.027 -4.5 cents $2.154 (4/09/05) $1.907
San Antonio $1.967 $2.003 -3.6 cents $2.151 (4/11/05) $1.952
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