To date, the council has provided 59 of the required 74 units of standard accommodation, completed 19 new units of Traveller-specific accommodation and recently signed a contract for the construction of a further ten units at Belgard. In addition, it has completed planning approval stages for 68 units. It is expected that the plans for a further 26 units will proceed to the consultation phase early in 2004. The council has also identified three further sites for the remaining 17 units and is at the early stages of developing accommodation proposals for these sites. As the provision of new units of accommodation has not been at the rate which had been originally hoped, the council has provided up to 50 temporary halting site bays and is in the process of upgrading other temporary units of accommodation pending the provision of the required permanent facilities.