Roads to no where

There is that aggravating road work going on all around me to add another lane of traffic. Both the little roads around me and a highway road going over through what was woods. Property owners along the road are loosing at least 15 feet of their yards with now a busy road with roaring cars right outside there windows. And what was once barely a yard for both the dog and kids to each enjoy is turned in to a lot of poop on their shoes if you don't poop scoop fast enough. I don't even live in a big city just a little country town with just enough stores to accommodate us and five stores in our two little strip malls are empty. So why are they spending all the budget making more lanes?