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Power to do certazn acts for executz01z of the schtmes.-When the competent authority has sanctioned the highway scheme prepared undec section 7 and provided the necessary finances for its execution, the highway authority shall proceed to carry out the work and may, for this purpose, - (a) entet into and pe1fo.rm all such corttracts on behalf of the t'ompetent authonty as may be considered necessary, (b) make arl~angemenLS fo1- the acquisition of land9 required for the scheme, (c) tutn, divert or close either tempo!·arily m· permanently ~ny eXISting htghway or portion thereof; and . (d) regulate, subject to such rules as may be prescribed in ~h1s behalf, the kind, number and spee'd of vehicles using any high~ Uray or part thereof, by means of barrier~ diversioi1 roacb or other mean~. 121 9 Mamtenance of hzghJJaJ' plans.-tl ) The highway authority shall, after havmg made a survey of each highway and its boundal'ies, prepare and ma1ntain a plan as approved by the competent authority in respect of such highway (2) A plan 1namta1ned uncle~· sub-sectJOn ( 1) shall show dearly the boundartes of the htghway, the deta1led measurements of road w1dths, the d1stance between boundary marks and ~uffic1ent measurements from fixed points to enable the re-fi.,.ation tn position ot boundary tnarks in case they have been d1splaced or tampe"red with.