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

The picture illustrates the layouts of the Islip town

centre

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now and future planning. It is obvious that the town

centre

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will witness significant change in the future, in which more facilities will be added at the cost of the disappearance of the countryside and many infrastructures will be upgraded

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meeting new demands. At present, two rows of shops are separated by the main road stretching from west to east, where they border the countryside to the north and the housing to the south, respectively. In future, the main road will be transformed into a pedestrian street with the road widened.

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, shops in the north will be replaced by a bus station, a shopping

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, a car

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and a new housing

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,

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the south one will remain unchanged.

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, a designed dual carriageway will surround the town

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,

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occupying the

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of the countryside and connecting all facilities in the

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.

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the school will stay where it is now, the original housing

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will be cut into two parts as a new housing

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nearby the

park

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will take up a proportion of the land of the

park

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.

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, the size of the

park

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will be reduced approximately in half.