ARE YOU GETTING READY TO HIT THE ROAD FOR THE JULY FOURTH HOLIDAY?AAA NEW MEXICO SAYS YOU'RE NOT ALONE. SPOKESMAN DOUG SHUPE SAYS THEY'RE PREDICTING AROUND 3 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE EIGHT-STATE MOUNTAIN REGION THAT INCLUDES NEW MEXICO. AND THOSE TRIPS START WEDNESDAY, JULY 2ND ON THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
SHUPE TELLS US MOST OF THOSE, 2-POINT-4 MILLION, WILL BE FUELING-UP THEIR VEHICLE. AND HE SAYS THEY'LL BE PAYING GAS PRICES HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND COULD BE THE HIGHEST WE'VE SEEN SINCE 2008.
THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE RIGHT NOW IS 3-56, UP ONE CENT FROM LAST WEEK, BUT 17 CENTS AHEAD OF JULY FOURTH 2013.
