Scarborough State Boat Harbour Master Plan
Scarborough State Boat Harbour is a vibrant part of the Redcliffe Peninsula community. The Harbour hosts dry standings and wet berths, as well as two public boat ramps, offering boating and cruising yacht facilities of particular significance for Australia's eastern seaboard.
Scarborough State Boat Harbour is one of Queensland’s 8 state-owned and managed state boat harbours that form a network of important strategic maritime public assets which:
- provide safe and efficient all-tide deep water sheltered access for recreational and commercial vessels
- support sustainable recreational and commercial boating activities and the broader maritime and tourism sectors
- support maritime related community functions, government services and public recreation.
Benefits
- Improves safety
- Contributes to economy
- Contributes to regional growth
Key features
The Scarborough State Boat Harbour plays an important function in its local and regional context, creating a destination that balances sustaining a working harbour and maritime operations, alongside public access and recreation.
The finalised Scarborough State Boat Harbour master plan provides a long-term vision and strategic framework to guide development and decision-making over time, ensuring the harbour can continue to develop and renew.
The master plan identifies a range of key opportunities to improve the harbour including:
- enhanced access and berthing for vessels
- growth of maritime and tourism sectors
- improved public access, public realm and open space
- improved integration with surrounding areas
Implementation of the master plan will involve a variety of project and activities over time including:
- progressing priority public infrastructure upgrades
- working with existing businesses within the harbour on their future development plans
- further feasibility and planning, particularly to support future activities on the harbours northern arm.
The outcomes of further feasibility and planning will inform development a longer-term implementation strategy with a supporting stakeholder and community engagement strategy.
Further details can be found in the Scarborough State Boat Harbour master plan
Current status
The Queensland Government has committed $3.9 million funding to deliver the first master plan implementation project.
The project will deliver priority public infrastructure upgrades in master plan precincts 1A,1B and 11B with options for:
- upgraded public realm, pathways, landscaping and lighting
- new accessible amenities
- parking facility upgrades, road safety improvements and interventions to deter hooning
- improved recreational boating facilities and access.
The project will focus on improved land-side facilities for recreational boaties, local community and visitors and aligns with key opportunities identified in the master plan.
Planning and design work will commence immediate with construction activities expected in late 2026.
Please contact [email protected] to register for project updates.
We will continue to develop a longer-term implementation strategy for the Scarborough State Boat Harbour master plan.
You can download a copy of the Scarborough State Boat Harbour master plan implementation project map.
