7. Any road infrastructure operated under a partnership agreement is a public highway within the meaning of section 4 of the Highway Safety Code (chapter C‐24.2) ; the said Code, as well as any other Act applicable to public highways, applies to the road infrastructure as if it were a public highway maintained by the Minister of Transport. For the purposes of the said Code, a partner operating a road infrastructure is deemed to be the person responsible for the maintenance of that public highway.