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].