The summertime travel season gets underway today. Officials at the State Department of Transportation are suspending most road works for the Memorial Day weekend. Tom Crosby works for . He says nearly a million drivers will be on North Carolina roads and highways this weekend, partly because gas prices have dropped from this time last year.
Tom Crosby: We're 22 cents a gallon less and prices have dropped 36 cents a gallon since they hit their peak at April 6th of this year. So we're at $3.55 a gallon now in North Carolina and Boone is the highest at $3.76 a gallon and our cheapest gas is in High Point at $3.45 a gallon.
Crosby says two-thirds of those surveyed said they were traveling to visit friends and family this weekend.
