WORCESTER, Mass. - Drivers looking for relief at the gas pump are going to have to wait a little longer. 

“I need a job just for the gas,” Karen Barbara said while filling up her tank at Hi-Lo Gas in Worcester on Tuesday.

Some drivers said it feels like the high prices will never come down. The price for a gallon of regular unleaded in Massachusetts reached an average of nearly $5 this week.

“I wish I came in here and got it when it was $4,” driver Neal Bryan said. 

For drivers like Barbara, hitting the road isn’t an option. 

“I go to New Hampshire every day. That’s a two-hour drive,” Barbara said. “I filled up my tank yesterday. It was gone when I came home.”

Barbara is looking for local lawmakers to step in and help.  “There has to be some way somebody can do something about these prices,” she said. 

What You Need To Know

  • The price for a gallon of regular unleaded in Massachusetts reached an average of $5 Tuesday
  • Some drivers are looking at local lawmakers to step in and help  
  • An amendment to suspend the state's gas tax was shot down a few months ago
  • State Senator Michael Moore said taking a little over 25 cents off the price of a gallon can help families

An amendment to suspend the state’s gas tax was shot down a few months ago. State senator Michael Moore said he still supports giving drivers a break. 

“I think it’s something we could do to show our constituents and the general public we understand the cost they have to bear,” Moore said. 

Moore said the state can afford it and in this case, taking a little over 25 cents off the price of a gallon can help families. ​

“Look, we’ve got $2 billion,” Moore said. “We can dedicate whatever the cost is to the state revenues that would go back to fixing transportation.”

While drivers wait for help, some said they’ve put personal trips on pause as one way to save money.

“Honestly, I am scared to drive anywhere,” Barbara said.”I was just telling my friend, I said ‘Look, you live two hours away. I don’t know what to do.’”