Is there a right to access and use a public road?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Wolff v. Canada (Attorney General), 2016 BCSC 147 (CanLII):
However, both British Columbia and Ontario case law supports the proposition that even if there is a public right to access and use the road, it is possible to have different, or special rights to that same public road. That proposition was considered in Pogachar v. Ontario (Minister of Natural Resources), [2005] O.J. No 6261 (S.C.):
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