Carnarvon's controversial $3 million boat ramp is now open to the public.

The Harbour Road project is not quite complete with ablutions and a fish cleaning area still left to be installed, according to Department of Transport coastal infrastructure manager Steve Jenkins.

The boat ramp was supposed to be the first major Royalties for Regions infrastructure project to be completed in Carnarvon but due to an engineering oversight the original jetties which were installed were found to be submerged at high tide.

The DoT injected a further $200,000 of funding into the project to correct the issue in October. Member for the North West Vince Catania said he was glad to see the project finally completed.

“It’s good to see a major royalties project and the community can look forward to the many more to come, including the Main Street upgrade which is already under way,” he said. Carnarvon Yacht Club commodore Bill Haddleton said he was pleased with the new boat ramp.

“The ramp is good, the location is good, everything is good,” he said.

Mr Haddleton said the CYC, which is next door to the new ramp, planned to utilise it as much as possible, with a view to building a gate which would open up into the adjoining carpark.

“At some stage in the future we would want to acquire a tractor to be able to tow some of the 30-foot boats for use on this ramp,” he said.

Mr Haddleton said the only issue he had with the facility was that the jetties were not floating pontoons.

As part of the new ramp, changes were made to the rules governing the use of the fascine which included a five-knot speed zone upstream from Pelican Point boat ramp and an eight-knot restriction downstream from there.

Eight new navigation markers were installed to make a safer boating channel.