(1)  Without limiting section 10(1) , the Authority, as it considers necessary, in the planning area may –

(a) make and open, widen or extend a highway under Division 1 of Part II of the Local Government (Highways) Act 1982 ; and

(b) permanently close or divert a highway under Division 2 of Part II of the Local Government (Highways) Act 1982 ; and

(c) temporarily close a highway under Division 3 of Part II of the Local Government (Highways) Act 1982 ; and

(d) improve or light a highway, or light a public place, under Division 2 of Part III of the Local Government (Highways) Act 1982  –

as if the Authority were a corporation under the Local Government (Highways) Act 1982 .

(2)  The powers of the Authority under subsection (1) extend to all local highways under the Local Government (Highways) Act 1982 in the planning area including local highways maintainable by the Hobart City Council.

(3)  Any works by the Authority involved in making and opening, widening, extending, diverting, closing, improving or lighting a highway under the Local Government (Highways) Act 1982 are maintainable by the Hobart City Council.

(4)  The Authority is not to exercise the powers or perform the functions of a corporation in subsection (1) without the agreement of the Hobart City Council.

(5)  The Hobart City Council is not to exercise the powers or perform the functions of a corporation in subsection (1)(a) , (b) or (d) in the planning area without the agreement of the Authority.

(6)  If agreement under subsection (4) or (5) cannot be reached between the Authority and the Hobart City Council, the Minister is to determine the matter and such a determination is binding on the Authority and the Hobart City Council as if it were an agreement to which they were parties.