If you plan on traveling this holiday weekend you will be spending more at the gas pump. The
average price in the Beaumont/Port Arthur area is $2.76 a gallon, that is up three cents from last
week. A year ago on this date we were paying $1.85 a gallon. The statewide average is up four
cents from last week to $2.80 a gallon. This morning’s national average is up four cents to
$3.12 a gallon. These average are compiled daily by Triple A Texas.