The price of motorway tolls will increase on February 1, 2026

Motorway tolls will increase by 0.86% on average, less than inflation expected for next year, the Ministry of Transport announced Tuesday evening.

The price of tolls will increase on average by 0.86% on February 1, 2026, the Ministry of Transport announced Tuesday, December 2. This will therefore be less than inflation which is expected in 2026 at 1.3%, according to the Banque de France. The difference may be reassuring, but the increase will not be any less painful for motorists. It will apply to the seven motorway networks concessioned by the State to private operators including APRR, AREA, Cofiroute and Sanef.

This increase of 0.86% is therefore an average, which means that prices may vary from one network to another, in particular depending on the topography, the configuration of the places, etc. This average change in prices occurs as part of the annual review of contracts signed between the State and motorway concessionaires, that is to say private companies, delegated to maintain the network. The Ministry of Transport specifies that the price scales suggested by the dealers will be analyzed in the coming weeks and modified, corrected, if necessary, before being validated by ministerial decree.

Prices increase every year, but when we compare the figures, the average increase in motorway prices expected on February 1 will be the lowest since post-Covid in 2021. As a reminder: tolls had increased on average by 0.9% at the start of 2025, after 3% in 2024. The increase had even approached 5% in 2023.

What is the list of the most expensive motorways today in France? If we take a 10 kilometer section, for the paid part of the A86 (the super ring road around Paris), the motorist must pay 11.90 euros. Then arrives the A14 in the west of Ile-de-France from La Défense which leads towards Normandy: 5.60 euros for 10 kilometers, 1.79 euros for the A19 in Yonne and Loiret, 1.71 euros for 10 kilometers on the A65 in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. This is the price of maintaining the motorway network in France which, whatever anyone says – particularly regarding the profits made by private concessionaires – remains one of the best in Europe in terms of quality and safety.