Greater Victoria drivers are paying gas prices not seen here in a decade.
The average price per litre for regular gasoline jumped by nine cents Thursday to $1.499 in the capital region, according to Gasbuddy.com, an online tracking site.
Many stations in the region had been selling gas at $1.409 prior to this lateast increase.
Prices hadn’t gone up everywhere. As of Thursday evening, the Costco in Langford was selling gas at $1.379, the lowest price in the region.
In early 2008, prices at the pump hit $1.455, rising to $1.536 by summer, a Gasbuddy chart showed.