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N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – AAA projects that nearly 43 million Americans will travel this Independence Day weekend.

AAA Spokesman Gene LaDoucer reports that this will be the highest Fourth of July travel volume on record and a half million more travelers than last year.

“Independence Day is always the most-traveled holiday of the summer, but this year it will be bigger than ever, primarily because of low gas prices,” said Joseph J. Richardson Jr., President and CEO, AAA – The Auto Club Group. “Airports will be just as crowded as the roads, because low fuel prices are making it more affordable to fly. If fundamentals remain the same, this could be a record-breaking year for summertime travel.”

U.S. drivers have saved about $20 billion on gasoline so far this year with travel being more affordable than in recent years.

Nearly 1 in ever 6 people in the West North Central Region, which includes the Dakotas and Minnesota, are expected to travel this weekend.