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.

Given are two maps comparing the centre of Islip at present and in the future. Some new buildings are expected in the future. As the first map reveals, the Islip town centre now is relatively small. There is a main road from the west to the east with shops on both sides. The northern

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is rarely countryside,

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the southern

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is filled with houses with a school

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of the fork road in the southwest corner and a park in the southeast. In the future, the main road is expected to reform into a dual carriageway as a round containing all the new buildings. The horizontal pedestrian is probably cutting the circle into two semi-circles in the north and south. Bus station, shopping centre, car park and new housing are exposed to be built in a line, replacing the previous northern shops from west to east in the northern

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. On the other side, to the south of the previous shops, the housing

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is expected to expand with new houses built,

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the former park may suffer

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a reduction

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. Interestingly, the school and houses out of the carriageway in the south may hardly albeit a great development. 推荐文章：