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The ramp replacement  was successfully completed last weekend.

Council had a team of staff and contractors who worked since 10pm Friday to replace the ramp on the northern end of the vessel.

Thank you everyone who worked to the complete vital maintenance work to ensure the safety and continuity of the Daintree River crossing.

Monday 21 November 2022

4PM 

The Daintree Ferry will re-open at 5am tomorrow (Tuesday 22 November).

The weekend maintenance work will ensure safety and continuity of the river crossing.

We would like to thank the contractors for their work and the community for their patience.

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9AM

The Daintree Ferry is on track to open at 5am tomorrow (Tuesday 22 November).

Further maintenance is continuing on the Daintree Ferry, which is now fitted with a new loading ramp on the northern end of the vessel.  

Passers-by may notice the ferry crossing the river back and forth at times today. These will be test runs and does not mean the ferry is operating. 

Council has a team of contractors who has worked since Friday night and is now taking the opportunity to do further work.

Contractors replaced the old, damaged ramp on the northern side of the vessel.

We would like to thank the contractors for their work and the community for their patience.

Sunday 20 November 2022

4PM Update

The Daintree Ferry is on track to open by 5am Tuesday morning after a new loading ramp was fitted on the northern end of the vessel.  Contractors replaced the old, damaged ramp and are now taking the opportunity to do further maintenance to the vessel.
Council has a team of contractors who has worked non-stop since the ferry stopped operating at 10pm on Friday 18 November 2022. The ferry is now fitted with new loading ramps on both ends of the vessel, ensuring safety and continuity of the river crossing.
We would like to thank the contractors for their work and the community for their patience. Check here for another update on Monday morning.

A reminder the Daintree River Ferry will not operate from 10pm Friday 18 November 2022 until 5am Tuesday 22 November 2022.

The vessel’s northern loading ramp will be replaced, and the ferry will resume normal operations at 5am Tuesday 22 November.

There will be no vehicle ferry service during this period.

Traffic conditions will be impacted in the lead up to the closure and there will be changes to Council’s garbage collection services.  Details are below:

Traffic Conditions

Wednesday 16th November – 10:30am to 11am

Dawson Engineers will be loading the new ramp onto a truck for transport over the river on Wednesday 16 November. It is anticipated, the ramp and a crane will cross the ferry between 10:30am and 11am.  No other vehicles, apart from pilot vehicles, will be transported while the ramp and crane are taken across the Daintree River.

Once offloaded, the ramp and crane will be transported to the SES area in Forest Creek Road where it will stay until after 10:00pm Friday 18th November.

The load will be oversize, so traffic control on the northern side of the river will hold back traffic on Cape Tribulation Road, just north of Forest Creek Rd and west of the SES yard on Forest Creek Road while the transport operation is underway.

Vehicles travelling north can expect a delay for up to 20 minutes while the ramp and crane are being transported across the river.

Vehicles travelling south can also expect a similar delay of 20 minutes.

Thursday 17th November

No traffic impacts anticipated.

Friday 18th November

Contractors will commence site setup on the northern side of the Daintree River at 10am, from which time dropping off or picking up passengers from river cruises on the northern side of the river will not be possible.

There will also be no access to the toilets on the northern side from 10am.

Saturday 19th, Sunday 20th, Monday 21st November

A passenger vessel will be operating from 6am to 6pm. On the southern side, it will depart from the public pontoon near the crocodile cruise terminal at the ferry crossing. This will be a free service.

A bus will be based on the northern side, to shuttle people between river and the supervised SES car parking area on Forest Creek Road. Signs will be in place to assist motorists. A security guard will be at the SES shed site for the whole closure period. As with the passenger ferry, the shuttle bus is a free service.

The school bus services transporting students from north of the river will not be operating on Monday 21 November, but will resume Tuesday 22 November.

People wanting to leave a car on the southern side, may park their cars at the crocodile cruise terminal near the vehicle ferry crossing.

Queensland Ambulance will have an ambulance based north of the Daintree River for the duration of the closure.

Tuesday 22 November

No traffic impacts anticipated.  The contractor will demobilise late Monday, or prior to 5am Tuesday.

Kerbside Garbage Collection

The closure will impact all customers with a kerbside service north of Daintree River.

Cleanaway will service kerbside bins over the river on Tuesday 22 November.

Customers are requested to put their wheelie bins out on the evening of Monday 21 November for collection on Tuesday 22 November.

There will be no impact to the Daintree Village service, their bins will be serviced on Monday as normal.

Enquiries

Please call (07) 4099 9414 or 0418 793 009, or email enquiries@douglas.qld.gov.au.

Contact Details 

Please email communityliaison@douglas.qld.gov.au, or call Gaye Scott on 4099 9414 if you have any questions.

Photos of the southern ramp replacement in May 2022:


 

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