Gas prices continue to rise in the Chattahoochee Valley Gas Prices Rising in The Chattahoochee Valley By James Giles | May 13, 2021 at 12:10 PM EDT - Updated May 13 at 12:12 PM COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Gas prices are rising in the Chattahoochee Valley. Plenty of drivers are causing a frenzy by racing to the pumps and filling up. Experts tell News Leader 9 that there is not a shortage of gas, but there are some places in this area that are experiencing outages, due to a high amount of drivers panic buying which is causing the prices to rise. “We generally reserve that term to say there is a gasoline shortage and their is none available. That’s not what we’re seeing. There is plenty of gasoline that’s in the pipeline, that’s ready to be disbursed out to the station as soon as those pipelines are up and operating again,” said AAA spokesperson, Garrett Townsend. “For example, in the Columbus area the average is 2.82 a gallon, for regular unleaded. That’s a 2-cent increase from yesterday. In fact nationally, the average is about 3 dollars a gallon.”