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It’s not just high gas prices that will increase the cost of trucking goods for consumers. Emission standards proposed by the U.S. EPA are also expected to increase costs.
Illinois has the 7th highest gas prices in the nation, according to AAA. Don Schaefer with the Mid-West Truckers Association said the price increase throughout the region is staggering.
“Diesel prices went up in the Midwest alone 68 cents last week,” Schaefer told WMAY.
The cost of fuel has increased by $1.75 a gallon in the past year, he said.
