Although free-flow tolls and barrier-free motorways are expected to become widespread in France, users of the A14 on the Paris-Normandy axis will be able to pay them starting Thursday at tobacconists that offer the Française des Jeux Nirio payment solution. . The A14, which connects La Défense with Orgeval, became free to circulate on Wednesday.
“The deployment of free flow tolls on the 210 kilometers of the Paris-Normandy axis (A13-A14) revolutionizes the way of traveling on the highway, providing greater simplicity, fluidity and speed,” according to the Sanef manager.
It will then be possible to pay at the tobacconist’s shop from June 24 the tolls of the A79, which connects the departments of Allier and Saône-et-Loire, and then of the A13 at the time of its opening, scheduled for the end of 2024. in this axis that connects Paris with Caen, according to a joint statement from the FDJ, whose Nirio payment solution has been selected for this new service.
4,000 tobacconists
Nearly 4,000 associated companies offer this service launched on Thursday morning in a Parisian tobacco shop by the directors of the FDJ and the highway administrator Sanef, accompanied by the president of the National Confederation of Tobacconists, with the ambition that, finally, the 10,000 points of sale authorized by Nirio can do this.
“We want to offer this third payment solution, complementary to the electronic toll and our sanef.com site. It is especially aimed at people who want to continue paying the toll in cash or who do not feel very comfortable with digital tools.” , indicates in the statement Arnaud Quémard, general director of Sanef.
“After taxes, fines or public bills, as well as rents and water bills, this free payment solution on the road reinforces the role of our associated merchants present throughout the national territory,” greeted Stéphane Pallez, president of the FDJ.
Source: BFM TV
