(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the public has the same right to access and use a concession highway as it does to access and use a common highway.
(2) The concessionaire may close the whole or any portion of the concession highway if, and only for the period and to the extent that,
(a) closure is necessary to permit maintenance or construction, or
(b) closure is necessary for public safety.
(3) The concessionaire must close the whole or any portion of the concession highway when and to the extent that closure is required by the minister under the Transportation Act.
(4) Nothing in subsection (1) removes from the public the obligation to pay any toll validly charged in relation to a concession highway.