The maps below show a science park in 2008 and the same park today. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The pictures show the layout of a science

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in 2008 and the changes that have taken place up until now. Taken as a whole, the

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has gone through a number of major changes, with the most significant one being the construction of new features, which have been made possible at the expense of green spaces. It is

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evident that the road infrastructure in the

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's perimeter has been significantly upgraded. In 2008, the

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was accessible from the western, eastern and northeastern sides by car. There was a car

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in the

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of the science

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for visitors, which served the purpose of a bridge between business units in the west and the cyber security building in the southeast. Other major building complexes: a round-shaped IT

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and offices adjoining the reception were

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part of the science

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. We can

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see a railroad stretching from the west to the east in the southern part of the plan, and the remaining territory was either woodland or grassland. By now, a large number of developments have occurred in the

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. Included in these were the construction research and development building to the left-hand side of offices, the conversion of the reception into a university hub, and the enlargement of the cyber security premises (now it has an L-shape).

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, the existing IT

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has been converted into an innovation

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the car

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has been approximately halved in size.

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, transport facilities have been improved in the area by building a railroad station, laying brand-new footpaths throughout, building a bus station in the east, and adding a separate lane for cyclists.