"moving" to "another" town

How should I react to the fact that I may soon be living in "another" town? I live in a small town near Moscow. life seems good. Even transport is becoming Moscow-like. Not everything is so good, but I'm satisfied with it. BUT

Suddenly news appears that they want to merge my town with another one (let's call it town L).  and the people of my town are not happy about this. Yes, the town L is bigger than ours, but life there is a little worse (in particular due to the rapidly growing population)

but in this case I will not compare the standard of living. I am confused by something else.

These towns are separated by another town. Yes, the towns have a common border, but it runs through a forest where there is no road. And to get from my town  to town L, you either need to drive along the Moscow Ring Road or pass through that town (let's call it town K) and well that's weird.

I don’t really understand why, because in the case of unification, a lot of documents and other things will have to be changed. 

In short, this situation seems strange to me, and in general, when will the park in our town be finished?