Most gas stations across the Tri-Cities are offering just over $1.80 per litre for local motorists ahead of the B.C., Day long weekend.
There's one outlet that's giving drivers a break at the pump, but it's members-only.
Costco in Port Coquitlam is selling fuel for $1.74 per litre, as of this publication, Aug. 2 (see list below).
That's seven cents cheaper than the next best available, according to GasBuddy.com's latest report, at $1.81 per litre.
The most expensive gas in the region is currently $1.85 per litre at the Prairie Avenue Petro-Canada.
The Tri-Cities' average price is $1.82 per litre. For comparison, that's four cents more than $1.78 per litre in Burnaby, but one cent less than $1.83 per litre in New Westminster.
Metro Vancouver's cheapest price for fuel sits at $1.69 per litre at the Fraser Highway Canco in Surrey — less than 30 km east of the Tri-Cities — the only station at less than $1.70 per litre in the region.
The most affordable in all of B.C. is $1.62 per litre at Costco in Kamloops.
Tri-City fuel prices
The following prices are the best available in the Tri-Cities as of 9 p.m. today:
- 174.9/L @ Costco (2370 Ottawa St., Port Coquitlam)
- 181.9/L @ Mobil and Real Canadian Superstore (1301 Lougheed Hwy., Coquitlam)
- 181.9/L @ Esso and Smart Stop (2640 Austin Ave., Coquitlam)
- 181.9/L @ Chevron and On The Run (2706 St Johns St., Port Moody)
- 181.9/L @ Shell (1190 Pitt River Rd., Port Coquitlam)
- 182.8/L @ Mobil and Real Canadian Superstore (3000 Lougheed Hwy., Coquitlam)
- 182.8/L @ Chevron (2705 Lougheed Hwy., Port Coquitlam)
- 182.8/L @ Chevron and On The Run (2525 Shaughnessy St., Port Coquitlam)
- 182.9/L @ Shell (3051 Lougheed Hwy., Coquitlam)
- 182.9/L @ Esso and 7-Eleven (103 Ioco Rd., Port Moody)
