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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
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nSouthwest 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":1,"featured_media":12730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[684],"class_list":["post-12729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","tag-soaring-prices"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Date<\/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":"