It would be fair to say that the Resilient Lands Program (RLP) has not been moving ahead at a pace that would pass the Lismore pub test.Sure, land has been purchased or is in the stages of negotiation, such as in East Lismore, North Lismore, Mount Pleasant, Fairy Hill, Brunswick Heads, and Grafton. However, workers and graders on site creating the necessary infrastructure work so housing construction can begin are a non-event.Mount Pleasant Estate in Goonellabah is one parcel of land that the NSW Reconstruction Authority (NSWRA) purchased after the infrastructure work was completed by a developer. After two community meetings, 39 dwellings of various types, such as single detached homes on 400 m2 lots, duplexes, triplexes, dual occupancy with a granny flat, houses on community title with shared green spaces, and renovated relocated homes from the Lismore floodplain, are to be built in the estate.There was a hive of activity late last year when four flood-affected homes were relocated and ready for renovation. At that point in time, the renovations were to be completed by the end of 2025, with the first residents moving in soon after.At the end of April, after the first four months of 2025, there has been no activity at Mount Pleasant Estate. The Lismore App went looking for answers and found them in the form of Graham Kennett, the Executive Director Reconstruction for the NSWRA.Graham said the first contract was to relocate the houses, and the scope of work was limited within that contract."Basically, it's a make good. Get them to site, make good, make those couple of additions, like the driveways and set them there. Then we'll have a separate contract for the renovations to prepare them for the market."That contract, hopefully, should be ready to go out next month, but there's been some property assessment work that had to be done so go back and reinspect, assess the condition, all the remaining elements and then scope out the renovation works and the architectural and structural design that goes with that."So that process is about finished. We're looking to go to the market for either a design and construct, or we may get an architect to finish the detailed design work, but we haven't quite made the decision on that. Either way, we should be ready next month for the renovation works to go to market." Graham did confirm that 2025 is still the target date for the renovations to be completed.As for the anticipated price range for flood-affected people to potentially purchase a relocated home. We should get an indication when the detailed scope of work is complete and the architectural plans have been drawn up in detail.As was mentioned at the top of the story, the four relocated homes are only the first stage of the Mount Pleasant Estate development. What is the expected completion date for the rest of the estate?"It's projected for completion by late 2026," Graham said, "We had to get through that master planning process first. So, there was a draft master plan out with all those different housing types, and all that information has now been presented."That's a draft, so what we need to do is ascertain the level of interest and commitment that the RHP (Reslient Homes Program) buyback participants are prepared to make towards Mount Pleasant. Initially, there was, I guess, through the RHP concierge, they got an understanding from all the RHP participants how many might be interested in Mount Pleasant, and they're just going back and double-checking with the remaining participants to make sure no one gets left out.The next step is to have a deeper consultation with those interested parties, so the RA can develop more detailed floor plans to present, given the type of housing people want to purchase. That step, which should be ready next month, will include an indication of the cost for the build and the land on each type of housing."What we didn't want to do was just crack on with the master plan based on, I guess, a more speculative approach. We wanted to make sure that if we're going to be doing additional subdivision works to change the layout that already exists, and particularly before we start construction of any dwellings, that we want to make sure there's a commitment and we are actually addressing the needs of the RHP participants.If all went according to plan, there would be enough participants from the first expression of interest to sell out the entire estate, but there are a lot of variables, such as housing type and pricing, that may change people's minds. Because of that point, there may be more changes to the draft master plan."Absolutely, the draft master plan is out there as a draft based on the feedback we've had to date, but most definitely the intent is that the master plan will be revised based on that level of commitment. I think in the master plan, there is only a small number of, you know, those strata-type, single lot, common area, small dwellings. We may get higher numbers of interest in that type of development or lower, so we've just got to undertake that engagement with them so that we're making sure what we're delivering is meeting those RHP participants' needs." There is a lot more community engagement to come between the RA and RHP participants in the coming months, before we get answers on the exact makeup of housing at Mount Pleasant Estate.Until then, we know the relocation houses are still on track to be completed by the end of 2025 and the rest of the estate by the end of 2026. There is no grader activity yet, but it is not far away.