Venice for the first time has tested a controversial flood-protection system in a comprehensive way. All the barriers of the flood protection project "Mose were on Friday" extended to protect the lagoon city from future devastating Floods. Cases of corruption and crime have been overshadowed in the past the project, said the head of government, Giuseppe Conte in Venice, as he opened the Test. "Let us all concentrate on the objective: We should all hope that it works."

The work started in 2003 and to six billion Euro budgeted project is marred by corruption scandals and technical problems. After the inauguration was planned for 2017, the System should be now at the end of 2021 is ready for use. The devastating flood on September 12. November 2019 increased the pressure on the completion.

Conte travels to a dress rehearsal to Venice

traveled To the General sample of Italy Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, Minister of the interior Luciana Lamorgese and infrastructure Minister Paola De Micheli to Venice. Conte stressed that it was important to bring the Controversies of the past, now in the sense of the Hegelian dialectic of a "lifting" to. The only goal must be to preserve the safety and beauty of Venice, the Prime Minister said, referring to the economic, social and art-historical flood damage last autumn.

bureaucracy, corruption scandals and different political and economic interests had delayed the multi-billion project. It should now be the end of 2021 ready.

record flood taught in Venice

Venice is mainly in the autumn and winter months of high water, flooded. Last year in November, a record flood devastated the tourism to a Standstill, brought. After that, politicians had promised that "Moses" will really finish fast.

However, many of the residents of Venice and environmentalists have doubts about the Use of the mammoth project. They fear that the underground facility, in the case of the barriers, and the Ecosystem of the lagoon more vulnerable.

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Date Of Update: 12 July 2020, 17:26