If you widened the roads you would need to confiscate a good part of the front yards of the houses on these roads. The owners would have to be compensated which will make it very expensive. Likewise barrier must be installed to protect the house from the speeding car should the driver lose control of his vehicle.
As far as the people moving to Tom Rivers, they are looking for bigger houses more land. The fear of a moratorium on building permits is also encouraging people to move out of Lakewood. MasaU’matan is just a publication of available apartment in Lakewood, they are not real estate agents who know what going on.