State’s newest boat ramp will reel in boaties when it opens

There are no queues at this boat ramp yet but when the $2.1 million floating pontoon opens it is expected to be popular. WATCH THE VIDEO

BOATIES south of Brisbane will be hooked when this state-of-the-art $2.5 million boat ramp is completed on the Logan River.

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The ramp, which is still under construction, is at the end of Riedel Rd at Carbrook and has also included more than $2.1 million worth of road works to add a turning lane off the busy Beenleigh-Redland Bay Rd where three people have died in separate accidents since September 2002.

The Logan River at the end of Riedel Rd, Carbrook.

The turning lane to the new boat ramp is the only scheduled state government road works for stretch of road often referred to as a goat track.

The new ramp will be well patronised with a housing estate for 10,000 planned less than 3km away in nearby Redland Council.

The boat ramp includes a floating walkway at Riedel Rd, once the address for the ill-fated proposed Lakes Resort, which was endorsed by former Logan City councillors Luke Smith and Russell Lutton but never came to fruition.

The Logan River at Riedel Rd is closed to the public while the boat ramp is being built on Riedel Rd. PHOTOS: JUDITH KERR

Beenleigh-Redland Bay Rd, which becomes Cleveland-Redland Bay Rd is the major road link between Logan and Redland and is predominantly single-lane each way.

The state did not give details of any other upgrades or the schedule for widening the busy road.

It did reveal it planned a $4.35 million project to install traffic signals at the Kruger Rd intersection, for Kimberley College and Carbrook State School, in the 2020-21 to 2021-22 financial years.

It also said a $130,000 safety improvement project for a right-turn lane from Beenleigh-Redland Bay Rd to the schools was completed in September.

There have been 143 accidents recorded on Beenleigh-Redland Bay Road in Cornubia and Carbrook since 2001 with three people killed, and 42 people hospitalised from their injuries.