The future of the Bondi Beach footbridge has been put on hold after the Waverley Council voted to investigate whether it should be torn down.
The northern footbridge, one of two heritage-listed bridges near the beach, was where the alleged father and son gunmen opened fire and killed 15 people on December 14.
NSW Premier Chris Minns said he would hate for the bridge to become a "ghoulish reminder" of what occurred, or worse, "exploited by reprehensible people in the future".
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"My personal view is that it would be better to knock down, but it's the council's responsibility, and I understand they're speaking with the victims and their families, and I think they should have the final say," he said earlier this week.
What should happen to the site was put forward at an extraordinary council meeting last night.
Waverley Council Mayor Will Nemesh noted the future of the bridge was already being considered as a structural report commissioned last year found both were "reaching the end of their useful life and require replacement within the next few years".
He said the resolution called for further assessment and not a decision to be made.
"The replacement of the northern pedestrian bridge may form part of a future discussion of a permanent memorial," he said.
"Any decision made on the future of one or both bridges will be made at an appropriate time and manner following consultation with the NSW government, the Jewish community, the Waverley community and the families of victims and survivors.
"I repeat, council is not making a decision on the future of one, both or either of pedestrian bridges tonight."
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A motion for council to prepare a report so that the "cost, timetable and approvals process for a replacement and or restoration of both heritage-listed pedestrian bridges can be considered" was unanimously passed.
Deputy Mayor Keri Spooner said she found it "really upsetting" the footbridge was called into question, and she wished "nothing had ever been said about the bridge".
"If anything, that detracts attention away from the one and only thing that we should be focused on, and that is the dreadful events that took place on the 14th of December and the tragedy that surrounds those dead and injured people," she said.
"Of course, there's going to be consultation, and it is way too soon for anyone to be making definitive statements about anything.
"There are so many things to be thought about here, and it will take time, and consultation, and a lot of deliberation."
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