The maps below show the centre of a small town called Islip as it is now, and plans for its development. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The maps below show the centre of a small town called Islip as it is now, and plans for its development.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The top picture illustrates the present appearance of Islip
Town
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Centre
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,
while
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the bottom diagram shows the proposed development of the area.
It is clear that
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the significant changes will focus on adding a ring
road
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around the
Centre
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, a bus station, and a car park.
Also
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, additional housing areas and a pedestrian lane will have a space in the new plan. Looking at the map of Islip
Town
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Centre
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as it is now, we can see that the main
road
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runs through the
Centre
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from east to west. In the proposed plan, a dual carriageway will be constructed around the
Town
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, wherein the main
road
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before will become a pedestrian lane. At present, the shops that are in between the main
road
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will have a different location in the proposed development. The shops will be located before the pedestrian lane and in the northern part, there will be a bus station, a shopping
centre
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, and a car park.
In addition
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, the current housing areas in the
south-western
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southwestern
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part will have an additional space in the north-eastern part of the
Town
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Centre
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.
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, the school's location today will have the same site in the new plan.
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,
although
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the area of the park will not be changed in the new development, it will be reduced in size to give way for the ring
road
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and new housing area.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words town, centre, road with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "present" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "changes" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • pedestrian-only zone
  • dual carriageway
  • current
  • surrounded by
  • propose
  • infrastructure
  • bus station
  • car park
  • residential housing
  • traffic flow
  • connectivity
  • green spaces
  • recreational areas
  • development plans
  • main features
  • town center
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