Ann Arbor-area residents feeling pain at the pump from rising gasoline prices should get a little relief soon, the Detroit Free Press reported.
The BP station at Main and William streets in Ann Arbor was selling gasoline for $4.09 per gallon over the weekend.
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An Enbridge Energy Partners pipeline that transports crude oil from Superior, Wis., to Chicago-area refineries ruptured July 27, spraying about 50,400 gallons of crude into a southern Wisconsin field. That has disrupted the supply of gasoline.
Several stations in the Ann Arbor area were selling gas for more than $4 per gallon Monday, information on the website GasBuddy.com indicated.
The average price for a gallon of unleaded gasoline in Michigan is $3.99, AAA Michigan said. That’s an increase of about 39 cents in the past week.
Experts said in Michigan should drop to near $3.80 per gallon in the next week or so, the Free Press reported.
Read the article in the Detroit Free Press.
Cindy Heflin is associate news director at AnnArbor.com. Contact her at cindyheflin@annarbor.com or 734-623-2572 or follow her on Twitter.