Completed Project Boundaries
Yorkeys Knob packages a small harbour into one completed build
Yorkeys Knob opened in September 2023 with a six-lane ramp, three floating walkways, two rock breakwaters, dredged basin, access channel and reclaimed landside platform. Hall Contracting delivered the integrated workfront and reports approximately 20,000 m3 of dredging. Queensland gives AUD 22.4 million as the total project cost; its TMR contract disclosure lists AUD 18,739,439 for Hall contract CN-15409. Those figures describe the programme and prime contract respectively.
The opening closes construction and opens a maintenance ledger
Queensland's completion release controls opening, facility scope, total project value and ownership split. TMR's disclosure controls CN-15409, Hall Contracting and the AUD 18.739 million contract value. Hall's pages supply the approximately 20,000 m3 dredging and beneficial-reuse sequence. They do not identify the full lower-tier chain or final account. The visual shows the exact construction workfront before opening.
One workfront joined marine access and landside capacity
Completed small harbours are commercially valuable when the delivery boundary remains visible. Yorkeys Knob links dredging to reuse, reuse to reclamation, reclamation to parking and ramp levels, and breakwaters to basin operability. Its ownership model also changes who buys future work: Maritime Safety Queensland owns the in-water infrastructure, while Cairns Regional Council manages the public facility.
Evidence conclusion
The interface chain defines the delivery benchmark
Hall dredged Half Moon Bay material to form the basin and access channel, then reused it in the platform supporting 135 car-trailer bays and 63 car spaces. Two armour breakwaters protect the launch area, and floating walkways connect users to six ramp lanes. Future signals should be maintenance-specific: bathymetric surveys, channel infill, armour displacement, walkway defects, ramp condition and owner-funded renewal, not continuation of the original build.
Outstanding evidence
- Post-opening bathymetry and maintenance-dredging trigger
- Breakwater armour and settlement inspections
- Floating-walkway, ramp and accessibility maintenance
- Hall contract variations and final account
- MSQ and Council renewal procurement
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Sources used 4
- Contract disclosure CN-15409 for Yorkeys Knob Boating Facility Construction Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads, 2022-23 disclosure resource reviewed 4 August 2026
- Yorkeys Knob setting a high standard for boating infrastructure Queensland Government, 7 September 2023
- Yorkeys Knob boating infrastructure Hall Contracting, Current project page reviewed 4 August 2026
- FNQ boating facility marks key milestone Hall Contracting, Current article reviewed 4 August 2026