The long-awaited report, which was delayed due to the state election, was revealed exclusively by The Examiner and later by the state government on Friday.

The draft vision in the report strongly features ideas for beautification in the precinct with digital renderings showing examples of boardwalks, a floating wetlands at Seaport and a walking trail dotted with artworks as possible ideas.

The proposed vision in the TEMT report is supported by the findings in the scientific peer-reviewed TEER report, which is publicly available.

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Ken Gourlay, spokesperson from the Tamar Yacht Club, said the club was disappointed by a few of the ideas proposed in the draft vision.

"[We're] extremely disappointed, and I think the yacht club will be too. If you look at the graphics they provided ... for a start it shows they've removed our slipway," he said.

"They've basically highlighted that we can sail on it, but we can't sail on it now and so we won't be able to from here on in."

Mr Gourlay said the potential for improved walkways and sculptures was welcomed, but ultimately was a "piecemeal" offering.

"I think we've been very much behind in that sort of thing, so I very much welcome that. But I think they've tried to hand it out to us as piecemeal offer," he said.

"If they take our slipways away from us ... if they're going to take our leased land away from us and make it all public land with umbrellas, we are disadvantaged."

Infrastructure Minister Michael Ferguson said he hoped the proposed plan would bring more residents, and sail enthusiasts, back to the river.

"We want to bring them back to the river to the river edges with targeted dredging so that we can allow the continued navigation and the better amenity of the river for rowers and for the yacht club," he said.

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Mr Ferguson said Tasmanians would see the eventual project completed during this term of office.

"We look forward to the vision being completed towards the end of this year ... we make decisions in partnership with the community, and you will see that because the budget is over a four-year lifespan and we'll get on with those works," he said.

However, as part of that process, Mr Ferguson said the project needed community consultation to be a fully informed project.

"The best way for that to happen is for the usual noisy groups to have their say and that's great, but we want everybody - mums, dads, anybody out there, school kids, have your say," he said.

The Tasmanian Labor Party welcomed the release of the TEMT report and its proposed concept.

"This is an incredible opportunity to create a world class wetland experience as part of the city which compliments the natural beauty of the Cataract Gorge and the Tamar Island Wetlands," Bass Labor MHA Janie Finlay said.

"The federal and state governments now need to commit to this plan and ensure funding is consistent and sustained so that work can be undertaken strategically."

Prominent developer Errol Stewart, whose concept for Seaport Marina is similar to the one proposed in TEMT, welcomed the proposal.

"This report here is looking to cover up some spaces so it doesn't look too bad ... I think that's a very good thing," he said.

"It's really good what they've done with the Seaport is a bit less obtrusive than what I proposed."

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However, Mr Stewart stressed the main issue to fixing the Tamar River remained the tidal prism.

The tidal prism is the volume of tidal water flowing up the estuary on each high tide, and measured by the difference between the mean high and low tides.

"if they just let the silt accumulate and accumulate, I think it'll be just become a bigger problem and in two years time this big push will be on again," he said.

"You've got to increase the tidal prism up the North Esk because that's the only place you can get more water in, more water in and more water out cleanses the river.

"I don't think that's really be addressed yet."

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The TEMT report considered the restoration of wetlands and the tidal prism in the North Esk as a sediment management option which summited it "can achieve environmental and many social objectives in the upper estuary".

Mr Stewart said on advice he had received the sediment was likely to continue to build in the coming years.

"In the South Esk, particularly the science tell me that they used to fill up the basin eight times a day and now it takes two days," he said.

This sentiment was shared by Mr Gourlay, who said the yacht club's experience on the river told them the sediment would likely build.

"It's been getting worse for the past 60 years in a lot of our opinion," he said.

"There's two ways you get knowledge, one is through a university and you get some lovely letters at the end of your name and that's great.

"The other is prior learning and we have a lot of that in the Tamar Yacht Club," he said.

Previously, chairman of the TEER scientific and technical committee, Dr Rebecca Kelly, said their data suggested the sediment had reached its maximum point.

"One thing we did evaluate very carefully is - where are we now, and where are we likely to go. And the answer is, we're pretty much where we're going to get," she said.

Community consultation will be undertaken in August by the TEMT, with "consultation summaries" expected by October before the government is advised by Christmas on the final plan.

Should the proposed vision receive support, TEMT would recommend that it be adopted by the government.

Both Mr Stewart and the Tamar Yacht Club will put forward to be part of the public consultation process.

"Absolutely, we really wish to be," Mr Gourlay said.

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