From a distance, the new playing and practice field at Harambee Park on Franklin Field looks to be a great new amenity, but Boston Raider team officials say the field is not quite ready for use.

The facility is part of a multi-phased rehabilitation of the park, a process that started with meetings in 2016 to plan out the massive rehabilitation of one of Dorchester’s largest open spaces.

Construction began on the football field and cheerleading facility last year during the pandemic, and all signs pointed to the Raiders returning in 2021 to a new complex. That, however, isn’t how things have played out, league officials say.

A city Parks Department spokesperson last week said that the field construction is substantially complete, but the project manager wants to keep the fences up and the field closed through the fall so that the grass can continue to grow in. Meanwhile, supply chain issues have delayed finishing touches, such as the permanent field fencing.

Raiders President Dameain Mims and Treasurer Lena Fields said the process has taken too long and has included missteps – including someone removing the locks to their storage containers. As a result, football and concessions equipment was stolen.

Mims said the city and the Parks Department have been very helpful, but they remain disappointed.

“There’s a lot of stuff that’s happened we don’t like and that’s why this escalated eventually to the Mayor’s Office and Boston Parks and those two have been excellent,” he said.

“I don’t want to say they weren’t helpful because they were. It was blatant what was being done. That would not fly anyplace else. It wouldn’t fly in Wellesley or Braintree or other places in Boston. We wanted better. We just wanted them to do what our taxpayer dollars were paying them to do.”

To date, there is no estimate as to when the Raiders teams would be able to play on the new field, and the Parks Department didn’t respond to e-mails regarding the issues cited by the League.