I think you are at least partially correct, but it was planned and financed by a government agency or a quasi one. Usually they operate on super slow island time. Just look at the unoccupied government buildings and the when is it ever going to happen? waste to energy plant. I know these are Dutch side projects, but things are pretty much the same on the French side. Just look how long it took to get the road from No 7 to Le Galion started and then completed.