(Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of AAA East Central)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Gas prices are seven cents lower in Western Pennsylvania this week at about $3.24 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. This past week, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline hit a milestone when it dipped below $3 a gallon for the first time in four years with the national average being $2.95. The report states that at this time a year ago, the average price of a gallon of gas was around $3.44 and the average price that you can expect for a gallon of gas here in Beaver County is about $3.32. According to a release from AAA East Central and AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report, here is the average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline this week in various Pennsylvania areas:

$3.195      Altoona
$3.317      Beaver
$3.452      Bradford
$3.104      Brookville
$3.262      Butler
$3.097      Clarion
$3.099      DuBois
$3.232      Erie
$3.073      Greensburg
$3.310      Indiana
$3.239      Jeannette
$3.445      Kittanning
$3.198      Latrobe
$3.144      Meadville
$3.397      Mercer
$3.097      New Castle
$3.290      New Kensington
$3.257      Oil City
$3.303      Pittsburgh
$3.026      Sharon
$3.197      Uniontown
$3.550      Warren
$3.214      Washington