Alpine City, having ran several expansion projects, has grown into a small city at this point. Population has just broke the 10,000 line.

However, no matter how the city grew, the town center, Rosewood, remains at its original style with classical buildings. The idendity and heritage of the city shall be preserved. 

Outside Rosewood, new towns keep poping up here and there. The Big Slide is one of them, occupying the entirity of the slope on the mountain south of Rosewood. The area involved is comparible to Rosewood itself, but the population density is much lower since only detached houses are allowed in these new towns. 

The below image is the town of Castle Peak. It is the highest new town in the city, located very close to the summit of Castle Peak mountain.

With the increased population, the city council finally approved expanding the forestry industry. Forestry has always been the lifeblood for Alpine City, as there is no generic industry at all in the area. More forestry industry means more export while keeping pollution to a minimum. 

The valley south-west of The Big Slide is rather flat and packed with trees, making it perfect for forestry development. A road is built along Rosewood River and from The Big Slide to connect to this new industrial hub. More importantly, a new highway connection is made towards the south, facilitating the export from the area. 

This valley is now named Westdale.

Apart from forestry zones, the garbage incinerator has been moved here as well, far enough from Rosewood and other prominent area. Also, a small food processing indsutry zone is allocated here as pilot test for alternative industry.  

The growth of the city does come with consequences, and it manifested in the traffic problems that plagued the city. Rosewood is an old town, the streets are narrow and are never intended for heavy traffic. Despite the opening of new highways, some trucks still needs to travel through Rosewood to get to Westdale or Magnolia, which causes huge problem for the city. 

Adjustments has been made, such as the use of double decker buses and free public transport for everyone in town, in order to reduce traffic. With that, the condition has improved, but occasionally there are still traffic jams in the city. 

The best solution to the traffic problem is to build a highway that connects Westdale directly with Magnolia, such that trucks can bypass Rosewood altogether. This will be an immense task as there is no space left at all in the city. A new highway through the town would potentially require demolishing significant portion of the town itself. This will be a challanging problem to solve, but with creativity, nothing is impossible.