"On the southern side, it's only a couple of metres away from the cliff edge … and there are quite significant cracks in the limestone, so it could fail as soon as five or seven years,"he said.
"We can rejoice in that old iconic structure as it is and, when it's no longer there, we can then concentrate on this new one,"Mr White said.
"Life does change, things evolve and maybe that's what will happen, but it would be very sad for the town,"swimmer Susan Altschwager said.
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