While state roads are likely to be packed this Labor Day Weekend, at least they’ll be free of construction zones.

“Even though we’re moving full speed ahead to transform our state’s transportation system, Connecticut holiday travelers should not have to worry about additional delays because of roadwork this weekend,” Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Thursday in announcing the suspension of “all construction activities on state roads and highways” from 6 a.m. Friday to 8 p.m. Tuesday.

“Only work of an emergency nature will be performed during that period,” the governor said.

The work stoppage comes with the Department of Transportation on pace to resurface 340 miles of two-lane roadway this construction season, according to the governor’s office. About 160 miles have been completed so far.

The construction season typically runs from April 1 to Nov. 30.

AAA, the travel-services group, expects slightly more motorists to travel this Labor Day Weekend than did a year ago. Based on survey responses, it projects that more than 35 million Americans will take a weekend trip, an increase of about 1 percent over last year. More than 30 million of them are expected to travel by car.

In New England, more than 1.6 million drivers are planning a road trip, AAA said, with most of them planning to travel at least 100 miles. About 25 percent of survey respondents indicated they plan to travel 500 miles or more.

Travelers should benefit from gas prices that are lower than they were a year ago.

According to the AAA Fuel Gauge report, the average price of a gallon of unleaded in Connecticut is $2.58, the lowest it has been over the holiday weekend since 2008. In the Norwich-New London area, Thursday’s average price was $2.53 a gallon.

Nationally, the average price of gas is $2.45 a gallon.

“Interestingly, though, a survey of our members indicates that the lower gas prices did not really factor into their plans to travel over the holiday weekend,” Amy Parmenter, a AAA spokeswoman based in West Hartford, said in a statement. “And although more people are traveling over the Labor Day holiday than last year, the increase is not as significant as it was for Memorial Day.”

Monday will be the holiday weekend’s busiest travel day, Parmenter said.

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