It may be Friday the 13th, but New Westminster commuters won't see too many scary prices for gas going into this weekend.
GasBuddy.com says the least expensive fuel in the city is $1.76 per litre, as of this publication, Oct. 13, located at Esso on 6th Street.
That's an uptick of a single cent compared to $1.75 per litre from last Friday, Oct. 6, according to the latest data available.
But that's considered to be one of the cheapest available in all of Metro Vancouver.
You can find a list of New Westminster's cheapest available gas below.
Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, recently told Glacier Media that gas prices are likely to continue on a downward trend heading into mid-November.
He pointed to refinery issues in California as the source of Metro Vancouver's sky-high fuel costs. In addition to repairs following a rare tropical storm, many refineries undergo fall maintenance at this time of year.
New West stations are averaging $1.83 per litre.
Aldergrove's Chevron station off Fraser Highway is offering $1.69 per litre, which is currently the lowest price in the Lower Mainland.
The cheapest gas in the province is $1.62 per litre at the Tempo in Farmington — roughly 25 km north of Dawson Creek — as well as Costco in Kamloops.
New West's fuel prices
The following prices are the best available in New Westminster as of 11:30 a.m. today:
- 176.9/L @ Esso and 7-Eleven (780 6th St.)
- 183.9/L @ Petro-Canada (132 12th St.)
- 183.9/L @ Esso and 7-Eleven (736 6th Ave.)
- 183.9/L @ Shell (5 W 8th Ave.)
- 183.9/L @ Chevron (3 E 8th Ave.)
- 183.9/L @ Chevron (496 E Columbia St.)
- 183.9/L @ Chevron (428 Sixth St.)
- 183.9/L @ Husky (465 Brunette Ave.)
- 183.9/L @ Centex and GOmarket (1101 Ewen Ave.)
- with files from Elana Shepert, Vancouver Is Awesome
