Current and announced projects

The department owns over 507 pieces of marine infrastructure valued at about $194 million. These include assets such as state boat harbours, boat ramps, jetties, pontoons, floating walkways, channels, and breakwaters/rock groynes.

The Boating Infrastructure Program within the Maritime Infrastructure Investment Program funds:

  • public recreational boating facilities for launching and retrieving recreational trailer boats
  • maintaining depths in state boat harbours and selected high–use channels to ensure access to the busiest recreational boating facilities
  • new/upgraded, and maintenance to, pontoons and jetties for deeper–draught vessels such as yachts and larger powerboats, for pick–up and set–down of passengers and supplies, and limited commercial use (by permit from the appointed manager).

Townsville Region

Location/facility State electorate Scope of works
Ross River (Townsville), dredging Mundingburra Channel dredging to access the Townsville Recreational Boating Park boat ramps
Picnic Bay (Magnetic Island), repair jetty Townsville Make–safe repairs initially, followed by longer term maintenance repairs

Mackay Region

Location/facility State electorate Scope of works
Shute Harbour, new boat launching facility Whitsunday Construct 4 lane boat ramp, breakwater, floating walkway and carpark

Cairns Region

Location/facility State electorate Scope of works
Bloomfield River boat ramp/pontoon repairs Cook Bloomfield River repair boat ramp and pontoon repair following cyclone/flood damage
Trinity Park (Cairns), new training wall or groyne Barron River Maritime Safety Queensland grant contribution to Cairns Regional Council for training wall or groyne on north side of Half Moon Creek entrance
Kurrimine Beach, upgrade boat ramp
Concept layout
Hill Upgrade boat ramp and construct fixed sloping walkway
Rocky Point (Weipa), upgrade boat ramp Cook Upgrade boat launching facility
Killaloe Damp Road (Port Douglas), dredge material bunded ponds maintenance Cook Dredge material ponds management
Ashford Avenue (Port Douglas), resurface boat ramp Cook Resurface boat ramp, scheduled for completion July 2025
Port Douglas, entrance and harbour dredging Cook Maintenance dredging of entrance and public channels within Dickson Inlet
Rosehill Dinghy Harbour (Thursday Island/Waibene), maintenance dredging Cook Minor dredge maintenance works to improve access to existing dinghy harbour and boat ramp
Rocky Point (Winfield), investigate boat launching capacity Cook Business case (including consultation) to upgrade Rocky Point Road (Winfield) boat ramp
Endeavour River (Cooktown), new pontoon Cook Construction of a small craft pontoon in the Endeavour River in Cooktown
Cape Tribulation Road (Lower Daintree), boat launching facility maintenance Cook Boat ramp resurfacing and floating walkway flood resilience improvements

Gladstone Region

Location/facility State electorate Scope of works
Poona boat ramp, upgrade and channel dredging
Concept layout 
Maryborough Upgrade/widen boat ramp, fit an access walkway, re dredge a former access channel
Walkers Point (Woodgate), boat launching facility upgrade
January 2025 media statement
Concept layout
Bundaberg Upgrade boat ramp, install floating walkway, and construct new breakwater
Toogoom (Beelbi Creek), new floating walkway Maryborough Install new floating walkway (and widen ramp to support walkway)
Rosslyn Bay, Breakwater Drive (western), boat ramp maintenance Keppel Resurface boat ramp
Rosslyn Bay Boat Harbour, dredging Keppel Rosslyn Bay Boat Harbour entrance channel and internal channels dredging
Maaroom (Granvile Road), boat ramp maintenance Maryborough Resurface boat ramp
Inkerman Creek, boat ramp new floating infrastructure Mirani Install floating infrastructure at Inkerman Creek boat ramp
Tin Can Bay, boat ramp maintenance Gympie Tin Can Bay (boat harbour) boat ramp resurfacing and maintenance to signage

Brisbane Region

Location/facility State electorate Scope of works
Wellington Point jetty, maintenance Oodgeroo Jetty repairs / structural maintenance works
Stage two – planned mid-June to mid-September 2025
Wallaby Road (southern Redland Bay), new boat launching facility Redlands New 2-lane boat ramp with central floating walkway plus single lane canoe launching facility (funded and owned by Redland City Council
Wahine Drive (Russell Island), new floating walkway Redlands Install floating walkway (and widen ramp to support walkway)
Yabby Street (Dunwich), jetty repairs Oodgeroo Jetty repairs and maintenance
Cabbage Tree Creek boat harbour, dredging Sandgate Entrance channel and creek dredging
Wellington Point Reserve, feasibility study Oodgeroo Potential marine infrastructure safety improvements, business case
Noosa River, new/upgraded boating infrastructure Noosa Construct new boating infrastructure at selected sites as agreed by MSQ and Noosa Shire Council
Beachmere boat ramp, maintenance Pumicestone Boat ramp resurfacing
Mooloolaba entrance, dredging Maroochydore Dredging: continuing maintenance of entrance shoaling, plus monitoring system pilot project.
Mooloolaba boat harbour dredging

In assessing and prioritising projects for inclusion into the works program, the department will consider the following:

  • community consultation web–based (delivered by us)
  • the latest state–wide demand forecasting study incorporating:
    • demographic forecasts
    • boating catchment vessel registration analysis
    • community and agency consultation
  • maximising benefits for the boating public
  • state–wide equity considerations within the scope of available funding
  • submissions from councils and port authorities
  • agreement from land–side partners (councils and port authorities) who are willing to commit resources/funding, based on their budget priorities
  • site suitability including:
    • land availability
    • detailed engineering feasibility
    • detailed environmental feasibility and constraints (for example, marine parks, fish habitat areas, and other protected areas).

For more information on recreational boating infrastructure email [email protected].

Last updated
12 July 2025