With a three-year delay and a staggering cost of seven billion euros, the MOSE floating dyke system which must protect Venice from the "acqua alta" has been successfully tested in the presence of the head of the Italian government. Giuseppe Conte.
Slowed down by a corruption scandal and disputed by environmentalists, the project provides for 78 floating dikes capable of rising in minutes which must contain a rise in water of 3 meters. Despite a lot of work still to be done, the MOSE system must be operational in the fall.