On Deep Dive this week, we are looking at recreational traffic on Connecticut roadways and the price of gas.

Caleb Silver is the editor-in-chief of Investopedia, and he looked at data from Google mobility to track changes.

Silver says recreational roadway traffic is up in Litchfield County by 8.2% from pre pandemic levels.

He says people are moving around a lot in Litchfield County lately, but in New Haven, Hartford and Fairfield traffic levels for recreational travel are down anywhere from 2.9% to 6%.

Silver says gas prices are higher in every single state, including Connecticut.

He says on average, the cost of gas in Connecticut is about $3.18 per gallon which is close to the national average.

A year ago though it was only $2.23.