Cape York Weekly FREE – #002 | Monday, September 14, 2020
Editor: Matt Nicholls – 0477 450 558 | editor@capeyorkweekly.com.au
Weipa Fishing and Marine Group members Ben Bright, Dave Donald and Steve Rehn inspect the existing Evans Landing boat ramp and pontoon facilities, which they say are inadaquete and unsafe in typical windy dry season conditions.
TMR passes the buck on boat ramp problems
Shifting the blame By MATT NICHOLLS
TWO of the state government’s most senior public servants told a public gathering last week that it had known about Weipa’s pontoon
problems for years, but didn’t have the money to fix it. In a meeting that lasted almost two hours, the TMR officials also blamed North Queensland Bulk Ports for the original design.
Alarmingly, TMR’s boating infrastructure manager admitted that fixing all of Weipa’s boat ramp problems couldn’t be done at once due to a lack of funds in the budget. This is despite serious safety
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concerns at the Evans Landing facility. Since opening in 2015, boat users have complained regularly about the ramp and pontoon. When south-easterlies blow in the dry season, the pontoon and
ramp become a safety hazard due to a lack of wave protection. But based on last week’s meeting, boaties shouldn’t be expecting a solution any time soon. Full report – Inside
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