Brunetta: “Not only is there the economic damage avoided but there are also advantages that concern the life of the city” A report recently estimated that the direct economic damage caused by acqua alta to the Venetian economic system would range between 211 and 464 million euros annually without MoSE in operation. By Enrico Tantucci … More MoSE: Economic Benefits are 10 Times Higher Than the Costs
In responding to UNESCO’s observations, Brugnaro should open discussions with the city, starting with the City Council, and stop accusing anyone who criticizes his work. By GIUSEPPE SACCÀ and SARA ARCO 31 Aug 2023 The administration, in responding to UNESCO’s observations, should open discussions with the city, starting with the City Council, and stop accusing … More Venice at Risk. The Mayor is Part of the Problem
Experts are concerned about the serious delay in addressing the problems of the underwater structures. Tomorrow leaders of the Control Room appear at the Prefettura. The cries of alarm from experts about the condition of the mechanism and its impact on the lagoon have been ignored for years. [Ed. Note: I was in Venice in … More Maintenance and Testing of MoSE Begins: Cleaning the Dams and Inspecting the Hinges
Venice was saved from the acqua alta, that is a fact. However, we can’t let down our guard in the face of sea level rise and the need to defend the lagoon By Alberto Vitucci 24 November 2022 [Ed. Note: In the days following the avoided acqua granda on Tuesday there has been a steady … More MoSE Saved Venice, but Bribery and Theft are to Blame for the Delays, not Environmentalists
High tide and strong winds: Tuesday would have been the third biggest acqua alta ever, but instead the city remained “dry”. 23 November 2022 It was a day destined to remain in the memory of Venice and Venetians. More than 1.10 meters of difference between the sea levels recorded outside the Lido inlet (177 cm) … More MoSE Passes its First Big Test in Venice, preventing another “Acqua Granda”
This morning acqua alta baptized the defense system that was just completed, which held up perfectly. While the piazza flooded outside, mass was held inside the basilica. A work with maximum results and minimum impact. By Giovanni Leone 6 November 2022 Autumn is acqua alta season, even though seasonal upheaval has not spared Venice from … More The Basilica of San Marco is Saved
The project will allow limiting the flooding caused by acqua alta, beginning in November with the procuratie Nuove and then with the installation of valves in the underground tunnels. Dialogue has been opened with businesses to limit disruptions. 28 October 2022 This morning in Venice the Superintendent of Public Works of Triveneto, Tommaso Colabufo, reviewing … More Work to Secure San Marco from Acqua Alta to Begin as Basilica Barriers Are Completed
The action of the barriers at the inlets stirs up sediment on the lagoon floor, which then ends up settling in the canals, while at the same time preventing replenishing of sediments, which happens mostly during high tides 1 April 2022 VENEZIA. A team of researchers coordinated by the University of Padova has shown how … More Study shows significant sediment loss in the Lagoon caused by activations of MoSE to protect Venice
Consultant Adami: when we designed it we didn’t know. The reply: the scientific predictions have been known for a long time. By Alberto Vitucci 15 Feb. 2022 [Ed. Note: This story is obviously several weeks old, but your humble translator has been working on a big deadline… which has past, so now I am back … More MoSE and rising seas. D’Alpaos: “It will have to be raised every day”
The companies are still waiting, leaving the desolate image of the suffering Basilica, stuck with the work stopped and the pavement ripped up, showing the fragility of a site that is a heritage of the whole world. The issue of payment to restart the work has not yet been settled. By Eugenio Pendolini 12 January, … More Construction of the Barrier for the Basilica di San Marco at a Standstill
