We’ve seen roller-coaster tracks get built and waterslides get hung from the drive-by view we all have of the American Dream project.

But even at 50 mph, it looks like there’s still a lot of work to be done. And the developer said last year the long-planned 3-million-square-foot retail and entertainment complex would open in March 2019 — then Spring 2019.

Months of repeated requests for comment from Triple Five representatives have not been answered. But at a news conference Friday on school funding, Gov. Phil Murphy gave the first official indication that the project is delayed when asked about it by a reporter for NJ Advance Media.

Murphy said the mega-development is still “happening." Still, he noted, the last time he asked the company, the opening date had “slipped closer to June.”

“But I don’t want to speak on their behalf,” the governor said during the event at West Orange High School. “That had been a while ago. It’s basically in the same zone.”

Murphy said the complex is “clearly progressing as you drive by.”

“It’s a massive investment,” he said. “It’s gonna be a big economic attraction and a job spinner for us.”

A request for comment from Triple Five was not immediately answered Friday.

American Dream is expected to generate 16,200 “sustainable” jobs on site and 7,000 jobs in surrounding areas.

But the project has been a (really) long time in the making.

Canadian-based Triple Five, which owns the Mall of America, took over what was then known as Xanadu in 2010. In May and June of 2017, the company secured $2.77 billion to complete the 16-year old project, now dubbed American Dream. They also revamped the plans to add an indoor theme park and waterpark.

Triple Five paraded politicians, union leaders, and media through the site in August 2018. The message then was that the opening would be in eight months — April 2019. That was the last time there was an update on the project’s progress.

Allison Pries may be reached at apries@njadvancemedia.com. Follow her on Twitter @AllisonPries. Find NJ.com on Facebook.

Brent Johnson may be reached at bjohnson@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @johnsb01.

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