Multi Lane Free Flow toll system to lower the operation cost for toll collection to 3-4% from 12-15%: Gadkari

The multi-lane free flow (MLFF) barrier-less tolling system will lead to Rs 295 crore of fuel saving per year and reduction of 81,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emission besides reduction in travel time and enhancement of logistics efficiency, road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari said.

The government is also hopeful MLFF will, over the years, bring down the operational cost of toll collection to 3-4% from the current 12-15%.

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Gadkari was speaking at the launch of the Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) tolling system at the Mundka–Bakkarwala Toll Plaza, Delhi, days after the country's first MLFF system was launched at the Chorayasi toll plaza on the Surat–Bharuch section of NH-48 in Gujarat.

MLFF uses advanced technologies such as automatic number plate Recognition (ANPR) and FASTag for seamless toll collection without requiring vehicles to stop. The system is expected to significantly reduce travel time, decongest highways, improve fuel efficiency, lower vehicular emissions, and minimise human intervention in toll operations.

“The barrier-less tolling will enhance ease of living for citizens and promote ease of doing business by enabling faster, more efficient movement of goods and logistics across the country,” Gadkari said.

According to the minister, another 17 toll plazas are in the process of being converted into MLFF barrier-free toll plazas while tenders have been invited for 108 public funded toll plazas across Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan and Gujarat.

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“We are also exploring the possibility of including existing toll plazas developed as build-operate-transfer (BOT), toll-operate-transfer (TOT) or through the InvIT route,” he added.

However, highway users will have to maintain sufficient balance in FASTag and annual pass has to be active for successful toll transactions in the absence of which e-notices will be issued to the user.

“The user will have to pay the toll within 72 hours of the e-Notice failing which toll will be charged at double the toll fee,” the ministry said.