Delayed works on the Port Denison jetty and boat ramp have had locals up in arms, but the local shire says the works are back under way and have taken longer than expected to make necessary, crucial reinforcements.

This week, the Shire of Irwin confirmed works to the boat ramp and jetty had ramped up once again following various complaints from the local community claiming nothing had been done.

Last weekend, Port Denison local Len Kilpatrick said at the time, there had been no information or updates on the “seemingly stalled works” at the recreational boat ramp and public jetty.

The boat ramp and recreational jetty project has been ongoing since May 6, before severe weather later in the month caused further damage, with a loss of material and undermining beneath sections of the concrete boat ramp.

At the end of June, the Shire of Irwin said the weather damage required further assessment and remedial works before construction could continue.

“We were informed two weeks ago that the floating pontoons for the new boat ramp jetty would be in place, but nothing has changed,” Mr Kilpatrick said.

According to Mr Kilpatrick, works and progress had not been made for several weeks over the course of June.

He called on the shire to “give answers” to the community.

“As members of the Dongara Port Denison community, I think we deserve an explanation of why the project seems to be going nowhere,” Mr Kilpatrick said.

“It’s school holidays and I’m sure there are heaps of boaties that would have loved to be able to use these facilities with their families.”

Irwin Shire president Isabelle Scott said as of Monday, July 6, workers were back on site to get the works under way and would be finished as soon as possible.

“We certainly acknowledge the frustration that has been created within the community. It’s totally understandable as the project was not expected to take this long,” she said.

Cr Scott said when storms came through, much of the work and progress made on the project was “undermined” which had blown out the project timeline to more than two months.

“We had to wait for the conditions to improve and also seek engineering advice so we could complete the remedial work,” she said.

Cr Scott said a definitive timeline could not be given on when the project would be finalised but that the shire was working quickly to resolve it.