The plans below show Ashford in 2010 and Ashford now. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The diagrams illustrate some changes in Ashford between 2010 and now. It is clear that the principal change of Ashford is a construction of a bridge over

River

Tam. Various developments with regard to housing, yacht marina and increasing forest land in size. Looking at the maps, we can see a main

road

runs through Ashford from east to west. In 2010, people had to take a ferry to cross the

river

.

However

, the

second

map shows that a bridge was built and provided the way to cross the

river

instead

of taking a ferry. Yacht marinas were constructed along the south

side

of the

river

, and a branch

road

appeared to provide the connection between yacht marinas and the main

road

. In 2010, 5 buildings spread to the northeast

side

of the

river

. Now, 2 more buildings can be seen over there, and a row of apartments

were erected

Suggestion

was erected

along the

river

side

.

Moreover

, the forest

was expanded

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expanded

in size from the northwest

side

to the southwest

side

of the

river

, which is the opposite

side

of the main

road

.