Expect $2.15 or higher gasoline

Gasoline prices probably will jump an additional 15 cents this spring and remain well above $2 a gallon through the heavy driving season, forecasters say.

There’s also little relief in sight for crude oil prices, which are pushing gasoline costs higher. Crude prices probably will remain “near the high to mid-$40” a barrel range well into 2006, the Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration said Tuesday.