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 map illustrates the situation of lslip’s town

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right now and the development scheme in the future.

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, a dramatic change will happen after the transformation. Recently, a main

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extended through the

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and divided the shop

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into two sections.

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, the countryside is located to the north of the northern part of the shops,

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, a housing

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is established to the south of the main

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. At the same time, a school is placed in the southwest of the

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, leading off the main

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and by the right end of it. On the other side, there is a park. Based on the development plan, the main

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is going to be extended and constructed as a circle dual carriageway surrounding which consists most of the regions of the town

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. In the

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circle, the southern part of the shops will remain where they are right now. Excluding the original southern housing, new housing builds will be constructed in the

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which will simultaneously lead to the reduction of the park size.

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, the main

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will be limited as only pedestrians can pass along it.

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, the northern portion of the shops will be replaced by several facilities that will involve a bus station, a shopping

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, a car park and a new housing

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which can arrive through a sideway leading off the carriageway.