Current and announced projects
We own and maintain 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
- pontoons and jetties for deeper–draught vessels such as yachts and powerboats, for pick–up and set–down of passengers and supplies, and limited commercial use.
| Location/facility | State electorate | Scope of works | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Townsville Region | |||
| Ross River (Townsville) dredging | Mundingburra | Channel dredging | Planning and sediment sampling work continues |
| Groper Creek resurface downstream boat ramp | Burdekin | Resurface boat ramp | Planning under way |
| Cairns Region | |||
| Bloomfield River repair boat ramp and pontoon | Cook | Bloomfield River repair boat ramp and pontoon | Objective to improve pontoon resilience to future flood events. Pontoon replacement (repairs and reinstall) planning commenced in July 2024. |
| Trinity Park, Cairns—new training wall or groyne | Barron River | $1 million Maritime Safety Queensland grant contribution to Cairns Regional Council for groyne on north side of Half Moon Creek entrance | Reviewing of Deed of Agreement with Cairns Regional Council in progress. |
| Kurrimine Beach—upgrade boat ramp Concept design |
Hill | Upgrade boat ramp and construct fixed sloping walkway | Qld Govt Hydraulic Laboratory finalising the physical modelling scope in July/August 2024. Construction scheduled to commence in March 2025 and completed by September 2025. |
| Rocky Point (Weipa) – upgrade boat ramp | Cook | Upgrade boating facility | Consultation with Weipa community in July 2024 to progress the design for an upgrade boat ramp, breakwater, and floating walkway at Rocky Point on the northern side of Weipa. |
| Daintree River, floating walkway repairs | Cook | Repairs to flood damaged walkway | TC Jasper damage repairs to walkway being progressed. |
| Port Douglas entrance and harbour dredging | Cook | Maintenance dredging of entrance and public channels within Dickson Inlet | Planning progressing. |
| Gladstone Region | |||
| Poona boat ramp upgrade and channel dredging |
Maryborough | Upgrade boat ramp, fit a walkway, dredge a former access channel | Wave assessment completed and provided to suppliers to determine suitability of floating or a fixed walkway. Concept design nearing completion July/August 2024. |
| Urangan Harbour dredging | Hervey Bay | Entrance and harbour dredging | Contract awarded in April 2024 with dredging to commence late 2024. |
| Walkers Point boat ramp upgrade | Bundaberg | Upgrade boat ramp | Geotechnical investigation site works completed in June 2024. Construction planned to commence in May 2025. |
| Beelbi Creek (Toogoom) – new floating walkway | Maryborough | Install floating walkway and widen boat ramp | Planning commenced in June 2024. Construction scheduled to commence in February 2025. |
| Brisbane Region | |||
| Mooloolah River entrance dredging | Maroochydore | Maintenance dredging of entrance | Entrance centreline depths remain adequate. Regular hydrographic survey monitoring continues with regular release of notices to mariners. Stakeholder groups are supporting investigation options to help make the entrance more available and safer into the future. The Western Channel Trial dredging basin appears to be working so far and an improved entrance monitoring system is being developed. |
| Dunwich, Junner Street jetty upgrade to fishing platform and pontoon | Oodgeroo | Upgraded landing | Refer Gumpi Master Plan 2023 for more information about how the ferry terminals project fits into the broader plan for Dunwich (Gumpi/Goompi). On-site works commenced in June 2024. Contractor has commenced demolition of the existing jetty components and repairs to the existing jetty headstock underway. Project completion scheduled for mid-September 2024. |
| Wellington Point jetty | Oodgeroo | Jetty repairs | Construction to be undertaken in two phases; phase one to commence in October - November 2024. Jetty will be open over the Christmas holiday period (December-January). Phase two will commence in February 2025. Construction planned to be complete April 2025. |
| Wallaby Road (Redland Bay) | Redlands | New two-lane boat ramp with central floating walkway | Design commenced in July 2024. Construction planned to commence in March 2025. |
In assessing and prioritising projects for inclusion into the program, we 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].