AAA: Md. drivers paying $2.22 per gallon

Motorists in Maryland are paying 3 cents more at the pump when compared with a week ago.

AAA Mid-Atlantic said Friday in a weekly report that the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gas in Maryland was $2.22, up from $2.19 a week ago.

The price of gas in the state is 2 cents below the national average of $2.24.

The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gas in cities around the state includes $2.20 in Baltimore, $2.25 in Cumberland, $2.25 in Hagerstown and $2.15 in Salisbury.

Motorists in the state are paying $1.16 less per gallon than at this time last year when the average price of a gallon of regular gas was $3.38 per gallon.

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