Free Flow
Autostrada Pedemontana Lombarda is the first Italian motorway, and one of the first in Europe, to allow you to drive without stopping at the toll booth, thanks to the new tolling system Free Flow.
The Free Flow system does not require toll booths. You can travel without ever finding barriers and the usual boring queues. Tolls are paid by simply passing under the gantry if you are already a Telepass Client.
To pay your tolls, find out about payment methods by clicking here.
The Traffic Code specifies a sanctions from Euro 83 to Euro 338 for people who fail to pay tolls on time.
Please remember that starting in November 2015, roads managed by the Autostrada Pedemontana Lombarda A36 (up to the Lomazzo interchange) and the Ringroads of Como (A59) and Varese (A60) are toll roads.
Vehicles are detected at the "gantries".
The Free Flow system has specific support structures (called gantries) that cover the entire road and hold up technological devices that photograph and detect license plate numbers of vehicles in transit.
Data recorded at the gantries is then transmitted to the central system for processing in order to identify the vehicle owner and cost of the toll.
Detection of the toll cost through Free Flow will thus take place in two different ways:
- Through detection of the on-board device (e.g. Telepass or other enabled EETS/IEM SN service provider) if present inside the vehicle by simply passing under the portals; Tolls will be charged in conformity with the contract concluded with the provider of the on-board device.
- If the vehicle does not have a transponder, the cameras on the gantry identify the license plate number, the stretch of motorway travelled, and the vehicle type and class. The system then figures the toll with these elements. Clients can pay tolls in one of the ways listed in the section Payment Methods.