(ANSA) - VENICE, MAY 31 - Public show, with the gentle assisting from the beach and the Alberoni dam, for the double test of lifting the ranks of the Mose sluice gates, today, 19 at the mouth of the port of Malamocco, visible precisely from the Lido, and 18 in that of Chioggia. A successful test, the last before the general test on June 30th.
The raising of the dams in the lagoon began shortly after 1 pm and ended at 3 pm, with the barriers still raised. Uncollaudo carried out with good weather conditions and calm sea.
The delivery date of the large hydraulic project, designed to protect Venice from exceptional high waters, is confirmed on December 31, 2021, but as early as next autumn - confirmed the extraordinary commissioner Elisabetta Spitz - will be ready to start operating in emergency situations.
Salt the Mose, people watch from the beach
2020-06-01T07:56:34.663Z
Public show, with people assisting from the beach and the Alberoni dam, for the double test of lifting the arrays of Mose sluice gates, today, 19 at the mouth of Malamocco harbor, visible precisely from the Lido, and 18 in that of Chioggia . (HANDLE)