Saturday, April 12, 2008

Maui first to average $4 a gallon for gas

Maui News, April 11, 2008

WAILUKU — The average price of regular gasoline on Maui island Thursday reached a record $4 a gallon.

Wailuku is the first area in the nation tracked by AAA’s Daily Fuel Gauge Report to hit the $4 mark. In the remote coastal town of Hana, the price was around $4.55 a gallon. Prices for regular are also above $4 on Molokai and Lanai.

Maui’s average is up about half a cent from Wednesday, 5.7 cents from a month ago and about 74 cents from a year ago.

The state’s average stood at $3.674, about a penny shy of the record high set in September 2005.

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