Gas Prices at Lowest Levels Since Mid-May

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Drivers paid an average of $2.83 per gallon for regular gasoline over the past two weeks, the lowest prices since may 15, according to Lundberg Survey Inc.

Prices slid 1.66 cents in the peiod through July 10 and were down 3.34 cents since June 12. Gas was cheapest in Jackson, Miss, at $2.42 a gallon, and most expensive in Los Angeles at $3.66. Last week, the average in Massachusetts was $2.75. Prices reteated as falling crude oil prices reduced refiners’ costs for producing motor fuel.