By 2024, the Normandie motorway (A13-A14) will be the first motorway in France to completely replace barrier tolls with a free-flow system. Find all the information you need to travel well here.
What is the free flow Highway?
Already present in many countries (Norway, Chile, United States...), the free flow motorway replaces toll barriers with vehicle detection gates. No need to stop at the toll booth to pay: it's a new way to travel!
Free-flow tolling explained in video
How does the free flow motorway work?
Do you have a toll tag?
This is detected by the portal and you are automatically debited at the end of the month, it's that simple!
You don't have a toll tag?
The gantry reads the number plate of the vehicle and you can pay:
- Automatically: by associating the number plate with a bank card for 48 hours or for the year.
- In the days following the journey: simply log on to the website or contact an advisor by telephone and state the number plate. For customers who need it, it will be possible to pay on and off our motorway network. The advantage is that it will be possible to pay in one go. For example, for a return trip between Paris and Caen over a weekend, customers will be able to pay in one go on Monday morning, as opposed to 10 stops at the toll gates at present.
And when is it due?
The free flow already exists in France, and is gradually expanding:
- In March 2019, the Sanef group opened the Boulay-Moselle free-flow toll on the A4. More than 4.5 million transactions have already been recorded.
- In 2023 in the Allier region, the APRR group will transform 88km of the RN79 into a free-flow toll motorway.
- In 2024, the 210km of the Paris-Normandie motorway will be free-flowing, find below the main dates of the project.
Free-flowing motorways: how to pay?
Today, you pay the toll as you travel. With free flow and the removal of toll barriers on the A13 and A14 motorways, you travel first and pay later. It's up to you to choose the method of payment that suits you best, and when, as long as you respect the 72-hour time limit after passing through..
Several payment solutions are available :1- Automatic payment by detecting the Liber-t electronic toll tag
Every time you pass through a gantry, as long as it's securely attached to your vehicle's windscreen. You don't have to do a thing: thanks to your subscription, your toll expenses are deducted from your bank account every month.2 - Online at sanef.com with your choice of :
- Payment after each journey, within 72 hours, by entering your number plate.
- Automatic payment from your Sanef customer account, in which you will have registered your vehicle number plate and your bank card.
3 - Physical payment
At one of the payment points in the approved Nirio network using the vehicle's number plate, no later than 72 hours after your journey.
3 payment solutions
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The Liber-t toll tagFixed to your vehicle’s windscreen, your Liber-t toll tag will be detected every time you pass through a free-flow toll: payment will be automatic!Subscribe! -
On-line payment through the website www.sanef.comOn sanef.com, you can pay your tolls within 72 hours after each journey or create your Sanef customer account and select the automatic payment of your passages through a free flow toll!Pay online! -
Physical point of paymentPayment of your free-flow toll will also be possible within 72 hours following your journey at one of the 10,000 points of sale in the approved Nirio network.nirio.fr