Posted at 11:15 a.m., Tuesday, August 19, 2003
Gas prices hit record high
Advertiser Staff
Gasoline prices statewide rose a penny to hit a high of $2.078 a gallon today, according to a survey by AAA Auto Club. It’s the highest recorded price since AAA started tracking Hawai'i gas prices 10 years ago.Helping drive up the statewide average were new highs set in Honolulu and on Maui. In Honolulu, the average price of self-serve regular rose from a previous high of $1.986 a gallon yesterday to $1.993.
Prices on Maui rose 1› cents, hitting a peak of $2.339 a gallon. Although not included in the AAA survey, gasoline prices in Kona and on Lana'i and Moloka'i typically run substantially higher than in Honolulu
