 However, the high cost of building the entire project pushed the beltway to last place on a list of urban loop projects being built by the state.In March 2011, state officials agreed to rank projects using sections, which might help the Eastern section move higher on a list by 2014.On September 7, 2011, North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue announced that construction of a part of the eastern leg of the Northern Beltway will begin in 2014.