 Construction on a section, along US 220 (south of Ellerbe), began in March 2014; with a contracted amount of $49.8 million, and was completed in April 2018.The remaining sections of the new bypass were scheduled to start construction by late 2017; however, under reprioritization of construction projects announced in 2014, they were first removed from the list of projects to be started through 2024 then had funding restored with a construction date of 2022 in the summer of 2016.In January 2017, however, the project though still funded was delayed 4 years, due to a low score in prioritizing projects for the 2018-2027 NCDOT State Transportation Improvement Program.