I think it would tho, a 2 wide road beacon not connected to anything else allows you to go as far as 25 plots, a 3 wide 35.
If it would be on a beacon that is otherwise considered compact and it’s big then it would obviously be able to extend further but not around the planet, it would also disallow the meandering plotting…
Not if the ‘holes’ are actually filled with other beacons from other players, the system takes neighbouring beacons into account.
Manual intervention I’m guessing?
What is more a problem is the oddly shaped plotting people have been doing up till now, or like @catfud several builds with meandering paths leading up to them…