What is the Townsville Recreational Boating Park?
The $25 million Townsville Recreational Bnulloating Park is an initiative to provide the recreational boating community with a major sheltered all-tide facility. The boating park will include various resources and be fully accessible to people with disabilities. Access to the boat ramps will be for boats with a mast height of less than 6m, which can navigate under the new bridge down stream.
Facilities will include:
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Four boat ramps each with four lanes (16 lanes in total) and a floating walkway
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Two pontoons (one DDA compliant)
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Approximately 360 parking spaces for vehicles with trailers
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An overflow car park for use by individual cars
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Public toilet facilities
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Security lighting
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Enhanced green spaces
There are also a number of possible facilities which may be included, depending on the type of feedback received from stakeholders. These may include:
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Provision for a commercial boat stacker
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Other boating-related commercial operations
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Boat wash facilities
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Barbeque and picnic facilities
The boating park will be located on the river bank between Fifth and Seventh Avenues, Railway Estate. The project will allow for the rectification and enhancement of vacant land at the end of Fifth Avenue, adjacent to Goondi Creek, and will ensure the preservation of the "Fisherman's Memorial" in the existing park at the end of Fifth Avenue.
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The boating park is a joint venture between Townsville City Council, the Department of Transport and Main Roads, and Port of Townsville Limited. Council will be responsible for designing the on-shore facilities, while Transport and Main Roads will provide designs for the in-water facilities. A steering committee has been established, and is made up by key representatives from council, Department of Transport and Main Roads and Port of Townsville Limited.
Funding for the $25 million project will be jointly provided by the Townsville City Council and the Queensland Government.
| Stage |
Timing |
| Design Phase |
August 2011 to June 2012 |
| Consultation |
4 to 30 November 2011 |
| Construction phase |
2012 to 2016 |
Why does Townsville need such a facility?
Townsville's population growth over the past five years has highlighted an overall shortfall in recreational boating facilities in the region. With an estimated one in six Townsville households now owning a boar, the regiion's existing boating infrastructue has been put under pressure with the large increase in local activitiy and demand.
Both Townsville City Council and the Department of Transport and Main Roads have become aware of this deficit in current facilities and are working to fill the existing void. The addition of a two-lane ramp at Barnicle Street, Railway Estate in June 2011 has demonstrated the commitment to the boating community, and will be further enhanced by the development of the Townwville Recreational Boating Park.
The new boating park will aim to meet current and future recreational boating needs of the Townsville community.
The boating park will be designed and developed with the collaborative input of the project's stakeholders. These stakeholders include the Townsville region, of whose input the project partnership considers to be vital.
We are committed to consulting with the local community to ensure the best possible outcomes are achieved. Currently we are compiling all feedback received during the public consulation phase held in 2011. We expect to have an updated preliminary design for the project by mid year.
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