Gas tax increase: Last holiday before implementation

The increased holiday traffic will come even as gas prices are expected to rise just before the weekend starts.

Average gas prices in southwest Ohio are expected to increase by about 10 to 20 cents in the next few days, meaning prices will typically be somewhere between $2.78 and $2.88 per gallon, said Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst for the website GasBuddy, which tracks the price of gasoline both locally and nationally.

Friday morning the average price for a gallon of gas in the Dayton area was $2.75 per gallon.