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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to a release from AAA East Central, 72.2 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home over the Independence Day holiday period from Saturday, June 28 to Sunday, July 6. This is 1.7 million people more than last year and 7 million more from the number in 2019 during that same period. Jim Garrity, the director of public affairs for AAA East Central, confirms that the demand for most trips that period will be for both travel by air and on the road.