Several years has passed since our last entry. The new town of Cratercove has grown significantly by now. An aerial view below shows the town of Rosewood (to the right) and Cratercove (to the left). The two towns are connected by a single bridge - all the traffics leading to Cratercove depends on it.  

The town of Rosewood is built since hundreds of years ago. Cratercove on the other hand is built just in the past few years. But in order to retain the old town vibe, even new buildings in Cratercove are required to be built in classical architectural style, same as Rosewood. 

To encourage more citizens to move to Cratercove, the town includes several large sport fields near the foot of the mountain. Facilities like these are hard to come by in Rosewood due to the space limitation. 

The ship wreck on the coast of Cratercove has been converted into Cherry Blossom Park. It soon became a new landmark to the city. 

The new town of Cratercove relieved the housing pressure in Rosewood. Some houses are tore down and converted into museums and tourist spots. One of them is the new shopping street and Old Town Museum near Rosewood Baseball Park (the buildings with orange roof tiles). 

Alpine City has grown into a small city, with population over 17,000. It is no longer the quiet small town it once was - it has grown into a busy and vibrant town. This is best shown in the nightview. 

Tourism is becoming the second largest economic contributor for Alpine City, after forestry industry. Weekly tourists have exceeded 400 per week, which is 5 times the number from 10 years ago. The income from park admission fee, shop sales and hotels has risen significantly. 

The added tourists begins to worsen traffic yet again. Modification on Rosewood Ave. is made - a new tunnel is dug to connect it with Riverside Rd. directly. Cargo trucks can now bypass the entire Rosewood by going along the Riverside Road towards Westdale. 

As a long term development scheme for Alpine City, the study of adding new highway has concluded as follows: 

Phase I: New highway extension from Westdale towards the North. This would mean a new bridge that crosses Rosewood River, hence can reduce the traffic load of the stone arch bridge. This scheme is quite affordable and construction will begin soon. 

Phase II: New highway that run through the slope of Castle Peak, avoiding the old town of Rosewood. It would likely require tearing down the town of Castle Terrace, and the construction will be very challenging with the steep slope. But this is the only way to connect Westdale towards the Eastern Highway directly. Further design in detail is required. 

The overall map of the city is as below:

Another aerial view for the entire town: