Venice public works
Superintendent Roberto Linetti on Tuesday said there is money to
fund a 100-million-euro project to protect St. Mark's Square
from flooding and that the project "will take place", according
to Venice newspaper Nuova Venezia.
It said the original project was developed in 2000 and would
have to be updated and revised but could be used as a baseline
for future projects.
The project would protect St. Mark's Square in three ways: by
raising the banks of the Molo and the Bacino Orseolo stretches
of water near the square; by underground insulation of areas
subject to filtration, and by using drain covers to prevent
rising laguna waters.
An operational hearing on the project is scheduled in coming
days with local institutional stakeholders.
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