What Could the Proposed Motorsport Park Mean for Moreton Bay?

The Moreton Bay Foundation has lodged a submission on the proposed Moreton Motorsport Park development at Beachmere.

The proposed site is connected to King Johns Creek, the Caboolture River catchment, downstream coastal wetlands and ultimately Moreton Bay. As an organisation dedicated to protecting and restoring the environmental, cultural, social and economic values of Moreton Bay, our interest in the proposal relates to its potential environmental impacts on the Bay and its connected waterways.

Our submission examines whether the proposal has adequately assessed and managed potential impacts on water quality, wetlands, wildlife habitat and the ecological values of Moreton Bay.

Drawing on the Blueprint for a Sustainable Moreton Bay and our Sediment Impacts knowledge synthesis, we identify a number of areas where stronger environmental safeguards are warranted, including:

• Stormwater, sediment and contaminant management

• Flood-related mobilisation of pollutants

• Marine plants and cumulative habitat loss

• Wetland hydrology and groundwater-dependent ecosystems

• Acid sulfate soils and water quality

• Artificial light impacts on wildlife

• Noise, vibration and ecological disturbance

• Cumulative impacts on Moreton Bay values

• Long-term monitoring, transparency and adaptive management

  
  

Protecting Moreton Bay requires informed, evidence-based decision-making.

If you love the Bay, we encourage you to read the TMBF submission and make their own submission to the Queensland Government.

🗓️ Submissions close 25 June 2026.