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Roadways will be busy this Thanksgiving

November 20, 2000 By admin

High gasoline prices and threatened problems with air travel won’t keep Iowans home for the upcoming holiday, according to predictions from the Triple-A Motor Club of Iowa.Triple-A spokesman Daron Van Helden says nearly 39-million Americans will be traveling at least 100-miles from home this week, more than 31-million of them by motor vehicle. He says the bounding gasoline prices are not frightening many people to stay in town.The Triple-A survey finds Iowa gas prices are averaging a dollar-52 a gallon which is 36-cents higher than a year ago. He says the price of air travel has risen an average of 13-percent from last year. Since weather could play a role in Iowans’ travel plans, Van Helden has a few words of advice. He says you should plan ahead and take plenty of to get where you’re going.This is expected to be a record travel weekend for the holiday, with about five-percent more people traveling than Thanksgiving a year ago.

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