However, there were additional delays before the project could be kick- started, including the introduction of wall-to-wall municipalities in 2000 and the limited capacity of newly-elected councillors. The project also had to be implemented within the legislated framework of the Development Facilitation Act. As a result all these factors, including the lack of political will, led to the delay of the project, which only commenced in 2004. The construction of phase 1, comprising 500 units, started in September 2005 and has since progressed very well.