Barmera's iconic Lake Bonney jetty continues to be fenced off from the community, more than a month after the structure was found to have become unstable.
In late April, a pylon near the start of the jetty was found to have rotted through after a storm, and the whole facility was closed.
Berri Barmera Council CEO Karyn Burton said the pylon had since been stabilised and an insurance assessment had to be completed, before a decision on the jetty’s future could be made.
"We're [also] waiting on a full structural assessment, and we're investigating with some companies now," she said.
"They'll need to dive underneath and do some assessment on all the remaining posts just to make sure it is sound under there.
"It's quite safe and won't fall down, but I don't know how long something like that will take."
Vintage jetty brings back memories
Ms Burton says the jetty is a Riverland icon and remembers spending time there in her youth, as many locals and visitors have done over the decades.
"All those old posts have been there, I couldn't tell you how many years, but a very long time," she said.
"I would hate to see it go and I would hope that council would do whatever we could to make sure it's safe and able to be used."
The council CEO said until a structural assessment was done, it was impossible to tell if the whole thing would have to be replaced.
"The old posts and the look of it gives it that rustic feel," she said.
"I'd hate for it to be some whole new structure and we lose that really rustic iconic look.
"We don't have a ball park figure [on the cost of the fix] because this was a total surprise to us that one of the posts did fail."
The council installed LED lights along the jetty late last year to raise community spirits as part of the Federal Government's drought communities program.
"The fact that we have put that money into the lights on the jetty just shows that council intends to keep the jetty there," Ms Burton said.
"We've just got fingers crossed that it's not too dilapidated elsewhere and we can just fix that one post and be done with it."
