With just two months to go before the Port Douglas cyclone shelter is scheduled for completion, concerns remain about the controversial design.

The shelter, one of ten funded by the former State Government in conjunction with a sizable donation from the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, is located on Port Douglas State School grounds and aims to accommodate around 800 people during an extreme weather event.

Staunch objectors to the design, Russell Jean and Steve Hull, met with State Member for Cook David Kempton last week, and according to the pair Mr Kempton was unimpressed with the facility.

Paraphrasing Mr Kempton, Mr Jean said the facility "is certainly not something the community should have been lumbered with."

"He almost said, let's write this building off as a school building, and let's look to have some other infrastructure that the community could better utilise," Mr Jean told The Newsport.

"His concerns were that it wasn't big enough for a proper community building."

During his campaign to become a State Government MP at the beginning of 2012, Mr Kempton promised to review the project to ensure it met the needs of the wider community. Mr Jean believes Mr  Kempton has broken that promise.

"He said 'I will stop it (construction) and we will have community consultation again'...he never did it.

"He doesn't care. He's not giving us alternatives or solutions."

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Mr Hull, who together with Mr Jean sit on the school's P&C committee, said nothing he has seen during the construction period to date has alleviated his concerns.

"This has just been dumped in the back yard of the school. No access, no consideration for school security.

"There's not one little thing about this building that says community."

Of particular concern, Mr Hull said when speaking with a representative of construction company Northbuild, he was told air conditioning would only be available in the shelter's offices, not the floor space where people would gather during a storm.

Mr Jean said Port Douglas was being short-changed in comparison to other shelters being built, and used Ingham's new building as an example.

"We've spoken with the Principal of Ingham (State High School)...they're looking at getting a stage being put in theirs and also audio visual - a cinema.

"From what I understand there is satellite (equipment) going in there that will help with the emergency side of things...we're not even getting told about these things.

"My thought is if everyone else is getting it we certainly should have it put in here."

Despite worries about the structure's ability to meet the community's needs, Mr Hull said it would be of great benefit to students.

"It is an exciting time for local kids to have their first indoor sports centre, (but it's) disappointing from a community point of view," Mr Hull said.

Mr Jean and Mr Russell are continuing to pursue what they are dubbing the 'Port Douglas Sports and Community Precinct' at a proposed site near the Port Douglas Community Centre.

"I've got the Cooktown model into Northbuild who's building this one (cyclone shelter) here to give us a rough price as what they think it will cost to put that in down there," Mr Jean said.

Mr Kempton was unavailable for comment.