The destiny of the Serenissima really seems to reserve infinite surprises. Venice, one of the most beautiful cities in the world, seems to be slowly sinking into the lagoon .

Timing of the Mose's work

We all know that the solution chosen by the competent authorities to tackle the problem of Venetian high water is called Mose, an acronym that stands for "Electromechanical Experimental Module" .

The pharaonic work was born in 2003 and although the vast majority of the works are almost finished, the whole work seems to risk wrapping up in the last phases, much more expensive than expected.

Nowadays we talk about the closing of construction sites by the end of 2023, an enormous time that, among other things, fails to convince many expert observers as a reliable date for the end of the works.

Mose technology

One of the major problems for this type of construction site is that technology in our time evolves and is updated at a stratospheric speed, unimaginable in the past, which in almost all cases transforms projects of this magnitude into announced flasks.

The Mose technical site is sixteen years old and many of the solutions designed in 2003 have lost much of their value and must be rethought today, which translates into a stressful procrastination and greater spending in terms of economic, energy and human resources.

Consequences of delays

These are just some of the reasons why the leitmotif of the local authorities, when it comes to responding to the vexed question regarding the inauguration of the work and the beginning of its function, is the classic "not yet but we are almost there" .

The promise of the "end of work" dates back to 2011, the first date touted as the definitive end of the works and function of the work .

Today, at the beginning of 2019, there is talk of a small percentage of work still to be completed and a test phase of "minimum" 3 years .

Those who are familiar with the trade know that these delays and programmatic delays in the work result in millions of euros in expenses and in difficulty in finding companies that are not feasible to take over the work and complete them, which ultimately takes the form of a concrete inconvenience for residents.

The work is not yet finished and it is already a question of managing the maintenance of machines and parts of the work that have never entered into operation.

There are many pressures on the construction site: from the safety aspect to that, not insignificant, of environmental sustainability .

For now, the new dates proposed by the current management remain to be marked on the calendar: the date is 2023.