(Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of AAA East Central)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Gas prices are five cents lower in Western Pennsylvania this week at about $3.24 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. The national average for a gallon of gas is $2.99, and this increased by six cents over the past week as the season of spring approaches. The report states that the average price for a gallon of regular gas in Western Pennsylvania at this time a year ago was $3.49 and the average price that you can expect for a gallon of regular unleaded gas here in Beaver County is about $3.23. According to a release from AAA East Central and AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report, here are the average prices of unleaded self-serve gasoline this week in various areas:

$3.321      Altoona
$3.225      Beaver
$3.377      Bradford
$2.911      Brookville
$3.305      Butler
$3.259      Clarion
$3.153      DuBois
$3.275      Erie
$3.254      Greensburg
$3.280      Indiana
$3.250      Jeannette
$3.352      Kittanning
$3.286      Latrobe
$3.304      Meadville
$3.301      Mercer
$3.150      New Castle
$3.193      New Kensington
$3.314      Oil City
$3.226      Pittsburgh
$2.920      Sharon
$3.281      Uniontown
$3.310      Warren
$3.232      Washington