Soaring gas prices could potentially halt Santa Clarita residents’ plans to travel this Memorial Day weekend, as consumers are expected to pay the highest fuel prices in four years.

Soaring gas prices could potentially halt Santa Clarita residents’ plans to travel this Memorial Day weekend, as consumers are expected to pay the highest fuel prices in four years.

Last year around the three-day weekend, the average price for a gallon of gas in California was just a little over $3.50. On Tuesday, motorist were paying closer to $4 dollars a gallon, according to AAA.

The average cost for a gallon of gas rose 12 cents in just 2 weeks during May, leaving analysts speculating that prices may reach a new high this Memorial Day weekend.

In a recent poll by KHTS reporters at a Santa Clarita gas station, two-thirds of the motorists surveyed said that gas prices will affect them in their holiday travels.

AAA predicts nearly 37 million motorist will be on the road this holiday weekend and those in California will be subject to the highest prices for gas in the state since 2014.

Last year on Memorial Day Weekend consumers paid a little less than $2.50 for a gallon of gas.

GasBuddy, an app which gathers local gas prices from users and list the top 10 lowest prices for consumers, compiled the cheapest fuel in the Santa Clarita Valley.

Santa Clarita drivers can buy the least expensive gas at Sam’s Club near Golden Valley Rd., according to the list on GasBuddy. But that gas station is only for members of the warehouse store.

United Oil, Schwartz Oil Company, 7-11 and Arco gas stations around Santa Clarita have the lowest non-membership prices as of Tuesday.

Across the nation the reported average cost of a gallon of fuel is $2.93, close to fifty cents more than last year, according to AAA.

California is currently listed as having the highest cost of gasoline in the country.

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