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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nDrivers can expect to pay more for gas. In Florida, the average gallon of regular is $2.97, the highest price since 2014, according to AAA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Industry experts expect the cost to flatten out in the coming week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In some areas of the Sunshine State, travelers are struggling to find gas because of an ongoing tanker driver shortage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gas stations in several areas, including the Florida Keys, have been hit with delivery issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some locations have been dealing with gas outages running between 12 to 48 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Staffing shortages could also impact air travel this Independence Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Southwest is asking their employees to sign up for extra shifts and overtime at the beginning of July to avoid flight disruptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier in the month, reports about when the airline canceled hundreds of flights due to bad weather and technical issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Whether travelers are taking a road trip or just driving to the airport, it\u2019s important to plan for extra traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n AAA suggests avoiding travel Thursday, Friday, and beginning mid-Monday, especially if you\u2019re traveling through Central Florida, home to the country\u2019s most popular Fourth of July destination \u2014 Orlando.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Millions are preparing to take trips over the Fourth of July weekend. The American Automobile Association, or AAA, says Floridians account for 2.6 million of the 46 million Americans hitting… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":49449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[450,451],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49448"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49448"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49451,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49448\/revisions\/49451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/American-Independence-Day-Fun-Facts-1024x683.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nDate<\/td> Worst Time<\/td> Best Time<\/td><\/tr> Thursday<\/td> 3 p.m. \u2013 5 p.m.<\/td> After 7 p.m.<\/td><\/tr> Friday<\/td> 4 p.m. \u2013 5 p.m.<\/td> Before noon<\/td><\/tr> Saturday<\/td> 11 a.m. \u2013 1 p.m.<\/td> After 2 p.m.<\/td><\/tr> Sunday<\/td> Free Flow Expected<\/td> <\/td><\/tr> Monday<\/td> 4 p.m. \u2013 5 p.m.<\/td> Before 1 p.m.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"