We're On The Road To Nowhere

Close to where I live there is a field. Developers were given permission to build on it, but they seemed to struggle to find any interest in the project.

If they left the field untouched, the planning permission would elapse. They had to do something with it, so they built a road into it, and put a roundabout on the main road to link to that new road.

And then they went away again.

I don't know whether I am more reminded of Talking Heads or of Magrathea...