I figured someone on here would be familiar with what has happened to drive gas prices up significantly in Virginia. I live in NC but am curious because it affects me.

I travel up to PA frequently, and much of that trip is in Va. For years gas was about $.30 cheaper there than in NC, but within the last several months that has reversed, and is now much cheaper down here. Our tax rates did not go down.

For example, I recently bought in NC for $1.829 for a trip up, and in VA paid $2.199. Did the Democrats raise VA gas taxes? Thanks for your input!

I live in south central Va about 25 miles from NC border.

Local gas here, where I buy was $1.92 yesterday when I filled up.

I think the higher price reflects NOVA?

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Originally posted by Sunset_Va:
I live in south central Va about 25 miles from NC border.

Local gas here, where I buy was $1.92 yesterday when I filled up.

I think the higher price reflects NOVA?

I usually buy in Winchester, and in recent years it was always less than $2.00. Now the only gas that cheap I see is in NC. Can't understand why the places I purchase at in VA are so much higher when overall gas prices elsewhere have gone down. Thanks for your reply tho.

Over here on the mountain, regular is $1.89, and diesel is $1.99.

Sunset_Va may be onto it -- higher prices over in NoVa, just because it's NoVa.

$1.89 where i live. It's more than $2.2 when you get closer to DC if that's where you were

I guess I'm not doing a good job of explaining my question. I know prices will vary by location within VA. But while prices have dropped significantly where I buy in NC, the prices have gone up significantly where I buy in VA. It has been a complete reversal.

Edited to add: Never mind, I found the reason. VA's gasoline tax increased this year, and will again next year. "Revenue from the tax would be used to help pay for Northam’s $3.7 billion plan to double passenger rail service over the next decade..."

They also jacked the gas tax along 81 to pay for 388 more studies on whether or not another study is needed to determine why that interstate sucks so bad. Can’t imagine why there are wrecks all day on one of the busiest sections when it’s two lanes almost the entire way from Roanoke to Winchester.

Yes, there has been a gas tax increase in VA. King Ralph and his minions need more money to piss away.

A rate of $0.262 per gallon of gasoline will be phased in over two years, and then indexed every year thereafter. The regional gas tax will be converted to a rate of $0.076 per gallon of gasoline and will be imposed everywhere in the Commonwealth that a regional gas tax is not already imposed.

I travel back to the Richmond metro area about once a month and have noticed that gas around the Chesterfield, and Henrico area are about the same as parts of NC.

I will say that gas has always been cheaper down I-85 past Dinwiddie.

Whether it is Ohio, WV or VA the whole gas tax rate is a crock of crap

Plus--- I want my Wawa pretzel and Turkey Bowl.

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Originally posted by Leemur:
They also jacked the gas tax along 81 to pay for 388 more studies on whether or not another study is needed to determine why that interstate sucks so bad.

As a native of Roanoke, that's some funny stuff, in a sad kinda way.

Has Norfolk Southern RR finally given up getting Virginia to foot the bill for double track from Christiansburg to Winchester? NS has promised to practically eliminate I81 truck traffic if VA will just spend a couple billion to lay some track.

It's jumped from $1.89 to $2.05 per gallon since Saturday here.

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Originally posted by Leemur:
They also jacked the gas tax along 81 to pay for 388 more studies...

That's relevant to my situation, because one of the places on 81 where I have bought gas for years that was always under $2 is now $2.199, so that helps me to understand what has happened.

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Originally posted by stiab:

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Originally posted by Leemur:
They also jacked the gas tax along 81 to pay for 388 more studies...

That's relevant to my situation, because one of the places on 81 where I have bought gas for years that was always under $2 is now $2.199, so that helps me to understand what has happened.

Just outside Bassett?

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Originally posted by Leemur:
Just outside Bassett?

Just south of Winchester at Exit 307 on I81. It has been disappointing to watch gas at that station go up significantly in recent months. But I understand now it was a Democrat thing.

I filled up today, just north of Danville, $1.759999...

That was regular. High octane was $2.80999999...

^^^^^

Omgosh! I'm used to seeing 10-cent differences between the grades. Over a buck between "the cheap stuff" and the "good stuff?" Jeepers, man!

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Originally posted by vthoky:
^^^^^

Omgosh! I'm used to seeing 10-cent differences between the grades. Over a buck between "the cheap stuff" and the "good stuff?" Jeepers, man!

Yeah, there's a $.70 difference between 87 and 92 octane where I live in Va.

$2.19 a gallon here in Virginia Beach.

The last time I filled up in CA regular was $3.64/gal. CA has very high tax on gasoline, for the consumer and for the producer. Seems a couple of years ago the CA Gov wanted to sue the gas companies for cheating the people of CA, as CA has the highest prices in the nation. Then someone reminded him why.

CA had a habit of raising gas taxes for road repairs. Problem was, the gas tax money was spent elsewhere. There were complaints, so the next time they raised gas taxes, they promised the $$ would go to the roads - it did. But, they cut back the road allocation from the general budget, so the roads got no more $$ from the tax.

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Originally posted by Leemur:
They also jacked the gas tax along 81 to pay for 388 more studies on whether or not another study is needed to determine why that interstate sucks so bad. Can’t imagine why there are wrecks all day on one of the busiest sections when it’s two lanes almost the entire way from Roanoke to Winchester.

they should have made I81 a 4 lane divided highway years ago, (as in 4 lanes on each side of the divide, where room permits)