Proposed Broome Boating Facility at Entrance Point

The development of a new boating facility in Broome has long been considered as essential to address critical safety and access difficulties particularly associated with boat launching and retrieval and passenger transfer between vessels and shore. Large tides, strong currents, wind and waves can at times create hazardous conditions at the existing exposed beaches and boat ramps where conditions can change very quickly.About the Broome Boating Facility
The concept designs propose
- The development of a boating facility at Entrance Point.
- The inclusion of four ramp lanes and two floating jetties.
- Sheltering arms adjacent to the ramp and a detached offshore breakwater to screen larger waves.
- A boat ramp toe at approximately +0.5m chart datum which will provide close to all tide access for small draft vessels.
- No dredging is required as part of the construction works.
- 160 trailer parking bays provided onsite, meeting the Australian Standard for a regional launching facility.
Community Survey
The recent community consultation on the proposed facility showed support is overwhelmingly positive, with 74% of 1,221 responses either supportive (6%) or highly supportive (68%). Key outcomes that have been implemented as an outcome from the community consultation include:
Project Timeline
18 March-16 April 2020
April-August 2020
August 2020
September 2020 onwards
What's next on the timeline?
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