India, March 20 -- LUCKNOW Highway travel in Uttar Pradesh is getting a major, high-speed upgrade, allowing commuters to cruise down the road without having to stop at the toll plaza. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is rolling out the state's first trial of the Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) tolling system on the upcoming Lucknow-Kanpur access-controlled expressway (NE-6).

The 63-km stretch, developed with 3D imaging, promises to reduce travel time to around 40 minutes from the current 1.5-3 hours, and is expected to be opened for commuters before May.

Under this system, a barrier-free toll gate is equipped with high-resolution cameras and sensors on overhead gantries enabled to read the number plate and FASTag to deduct ch...