The delays in service delivery and the protests were due to a lack of funding to deliver on a large scale. The resources required in achieving large-scale delivery or the eradication of informal settlements by 2010 was a challenge. It was anticipated that the province was not going to meet the 2014 targets of the Millennium Development Goals. The other challenge facing the department was the naming of other projects as Presidential projects, whereas they were financed by the provincial department. There was a need to review policy dealing with bulk infrastructure due to disjuncture in the installation of bulk infrastructure and top structure, as most projects were delayed due to a lack of bulk infrastructure.