A highway through a small town

For the past two years they have been working on making a two lane road leading to our town into four lanes going each direction going right through our quiet little town. Half of our little shops have closed down so why do they need to put a highway for more traffic. The quiet drive has turned into construction debris for miles and miles. Which definitely is not pleasant to look at nor drive through. Sure brings the line in an old song to mind which said they paved paradise and put in a parking lot. We need the trees to breathe not a super highway.