NSW Boating Now

The NSW Boating Now Program provides grant funding to improve maritime infrastructure and facilities across NSW. This investment supports the needs of recreational and commercial boaters and enables broader economic and social benefits for communities.

The Program is funded from boating licence, registration and other fees collected by Transport for NSW (TfNSW). Since its inception in 2014, the Program has already delivered over 250 boating projects to the benefit of boaters across the State.

Our customers and stakeholders in industry and local government have consistently provided feedback about the need for us to continue investing in infrastructure to support boating and improve the planning and delivery of maritime infrastructure between state agencies, local councils and industry.

The NSW Government’s Maritime Infrastructure Plan (2019 - 2024) (MIP), released in December 2018, sets out a more strategic, coordinated approach to maritime infrastructure in NSW and makes a commitment to continue to provide support for maritime infrastructure owned by councils and other delivery partners, through the Boating Now Program.

In December 2021, TfNSW announced Boating Now Round 4 to support further upgrades to maritime facilities across the state. The NSW Government is currently reviewing the Boating Now program. The applications for grants in the unfunded Round 4 of Boating Now will be considered as part of this review.  . Round 4 funding will build on previous Boating Now investments and will benefit boaters and communities across the State by:

• Improving the boating experience for customers by identifying projects that give waterway users better access, storage and boating facilities
• Improving safety by improving the quality of infrastructure and improving safe access to NSW waterways
• Enabling economic development by supporting increased boating participation and growth in boating-related tourism and marine industries
• Shaping successful places by improving public amenity and facilitating the improvement and activation of harbours and foreshore precincts.

Funding will continue to be provided to assist with emergency repairs of boating infrastructure similar to the previous Boating Infrastructure Emergency Repair Pool (BIERP). Funding requests for emergency repairs can be received at any time without the need to submit a Boating Now Registration of interest form.

More information about the BIERP is available through the BIERP Grant Guidelines (PDF, 258.82 KB).

To apply for BIERP grants, refer to the BIERP Grant Application Form (PDF, 126.4 KB).

If there are any enquiries about the guidelines and application form, please contact the Maritime Infrastructure Delivery Office via mido@transport.nsw.gov.au.