Many gas stations in the D.C. region remain tapped out this week, with yellow plastic bags signaling empty pumps still visible.

While a gas tracker service reported as of Monday morning that 67% of gas stations in D.C. were without gasoline, the scenario compared to 31% of gas stations in Virginia; and 26% of gas pumps in Maryland, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic.

โ€œGasoline supply is still strained in the District of Columbia, even though the Colonial Pipeline is up and stations are refueled,โ€ said AAA Mid-Atlantic spokesman John B. Townsend II. โ€œOver the weekend, gas prices started to stabilize, but are expected to fluctuate in the lead up to Memorial Day weekend.โ€

Help is on the way, however. The Colonial Pipeline has restarted after a seven-day shutdown, and re-supply is arriving at some of the hardest-hit terminals, including terminals in Fairfax, Va., according to AAA.

This correspondent is a guest contributor to The Washington Informer.

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