A father who had to jump into the River Avon to save his young daughter has joined the calls for improved safety measures.
Duncan Olesen said he would like ropes along the side of the river to be reinforced and for officials to consider putting railings along the river.
Mr Olesen was out riding with his wife and their six-year-old daughter, who he has asked not to be named, last Sunday when his daughter clipped her bicycle on something on the tow path and fell into the river.
"Fortunately she is a good swimmer and was able to grab onto a rope. When I jumped in with her we decided to pull on the rope to help us move upstream to a ladder we could see but the rope came away. We tried to swim upstream but couldn't."
Eventually the pair used the ropes to get to a ladder downstream, which they had not at first noticed. Neither were hurt in the incident but the young girl did lose her bike.
"It would be good if they looked at the ropes. They are mostly there but one did come away so they need to be maintained - that's probably the biggest thing. Also, consideration should be given to putting something up - whether that's needed all the way around I don't know."
Bath and North East Somerset Council is currently working with the police, the fire service, the Environment Agency and the Canal and River Trust on a list of work that needs to be done but councillors have criticised the time this is taking.
Members of the council's economic and community development policy development and scrutiny panel have said not enough has been done since a safety report was written in 2011.
Chairman of the panel Councillor Robin Moss (Lab, Westfield) said : "We know that the river is an important part of the scenery of this city but it is also potentially, or it can be very dangerous and we should be making sure we are actioning any measures possible.
"When we wrote the report in 2011 we made the assumption, rightly or wrongly, that work would be done."
Deputy leader of the council and cabinet member for neighbourhoods Councillor David Dixon said the authority was in discussion with the other agencies. He said a meeting had been held in February and another was due later this month to look at what work still needed to be done to make the river safer.
In B&NES council's latest budget money was earmarked for new railings along the river near Widcombe, where the young girl fell off her bike and into the river at the weekend.
River champion Councillor Dave Laming (Independent, Lambridge) said the events of the weekend were evidence the council needed to take action.
Councillor Geoff Ward (Con, Bathavon North) said the council had to take responsibility for river safety.
"It's very, very easy to hide behind other authorities, to say it's their responsibility. That's how safety hazards become safety dangers."
