The NC Department of Transportation is proposing to extend Rea Road 1.7 miles east from Providence Road to existing Weddington Road near Twelve Mile Creek Road. The proposed work also involves widening 2.7 miles of existing Weddington Road from two to four lanes from Twelve Mile Creek Road to Waxhaw-Indian Trail Road in Wesley Chapel. In response to additional public and local government agency comments since the preferred alternative was presented in 2017 and an updated traffic study conducted for Weddington High School in 2023, design revisions were made to the preferred alternative.