The MOSE project is expected to cost between $2 billion and $3 billion. It involves building 78 mobile barriers at the lagoon’s inlets. These barriers will help keep Venice safe from high tides.

Getty Images He said the government would "accelerate" the building of structural defences for the lagoon city, referring specifically to the so-called Mose project - a hydraulic barrier system to ...

The 1.5km (one-mile) Mose system of yellow dams was a "powerful project that has taken years to complete", said Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. Venice was hit by the worst floods in half a century ...

Designed in 1984, construction of the multi-billion euro Mose project started in 2003 but was plagued by delays, corruption and cost overruns. The 78 yellow barriers were tested in July and then ...