15. The Minister may close or alter any part of a public road where it is found to interfere with the proper line or site of any public work; but, before closing or altering such public road, he shall open and substitute another convenient road; and the land, theretofore used for any road or part of a road so discontinued, may be transferred by the Minister to, and shall thereafter become the property of, the owner of the land of which it originally formed part.
R. S. 1964, c. 138, s. 15.