The maps below show the centre of a small town called Islip as it is now, and plans for its development. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The map illustrates the plans for developing a town

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called Islips.

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, it will undergo infrastructural developments by adding a dual carriageway and residential areas. The most noticeable changes are the dual carriageway which will make easy access to the northern part which is the countryside and the southern area, and the disappearance of the main road

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in the middle of the map. The

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that are in the north, will be replaced by a bus station, a car park and a shopping

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, making the previously available

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easier to get to. New houses will

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be added to the northeast just off the carriageway. Between the line of the pre-existing

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and the new places, there will a be pedestrian road for customers creating a place where they can walk to

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after getting off the public transportation or parking their cars. The parking lot which is in the southeast, will get smaller and new accommodations will be constructed for residents. The school which is in the southwest will remain unchanged.