{"id":766765,"date":"2026-05-01T21:49:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T21:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/766765\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T21:49:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T21:49:19","slug":"jacksonville-drivers-frustrated-as-gas-prices-surge-to-4-year-high-nationwide-4-30-average-in-duval-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/766765\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville drivers frustrated as gas prices surge to 4-year high nationwide, $4.30 average in Duval County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>JACKSONVILLE, Fla.<\/strong> \u2013 Gasoline prices have surged to a four-year high, pushing the nationwide average for a gallon of regular to $4.28, AAA said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/?state=FL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/?state=FL\">The statewide average increased by about 34 cents per gallon in the past week, AAA said<\/a>, and is roughly $1.40 higher since the conflict with Iran began. AAA noted the nationwide average on Feb. 26 \u2014 before U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran \u2014 was about $2.98 per gallon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cDrivers are feeling the pain at the pump,\u201d said Mark Jenkins of AAA, who attributed the rise largely to a 58% jump in crude oil prices. Jenkins said prices likely will not fall until the Strait of Hormuz is fully reopened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Drivers in Jacksonville voiced frustration. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cIt\u2019s expensive. I just don\u2019t know what to say,\u201d one motorist said. Another said she goes to Sam\u2019s in hopes of a cheaper price and called the current costs \u201castronomically crazy.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A third driver urged perspective, saying current prices aren\u2019t as severe as when the strait was shut and lines wrapped around parking lots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Locally, AAA reported Flagler County had some of the highest prices, at about $4.36 per gallon. The lowest price among the Florida counties surveyed was about $4.27 in Bradford County. In Georgia, the cheapest reported fill-up was about $3.65 and the most expensive about $3.73; all Georgia counties surveyed were under an average of $3.80.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">AAA\u2019s latest figures reflect national and regional price monitoring; drivers say rising costs are adding roughly $20 to the cost of a full tank.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Gasoline prices have surged to a four-year high, pushing the nationwide average for a gallon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":766766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5136],"tags":[29164,5229,8314,3188,723,9967,7310,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-766765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-aaa","tag-america","tag-duval-county","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-gas-prices","tag-jacksonville","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116501529595238278","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=766765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/766766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=766765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=766765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}