LEE COUNTY, Fla. -- Gas prices are going up, and part of Southwest Florida is getting the worst of it.
According to AAA, gas prices across the state are up an average of seven cents over the past week. But the biggest risers are Tampa, Orlando, and the Fort Myers-Cape Coral area.
In Fort Myers and the Cape, gas is up on average nine cents from last week. The average is still about the same as last month, but is 5 cents higher than the average this time last year.
Gas in Tampa went up 13 cents last week, and increased 12 cents in Orlando.
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton has the highest current average price in the state, at $2.45 a gallon. Pensacola, Jacksonville and Tallahassee have the lowest, at $2.35.
Nationwide, the average price is up one-half cent since last week, at $2.37 a gallon.
