Work Sites and Complementary Structures
Work on MOSE is proceeding in parallel at all three inlets where 700 people are currently employed. These will be joined by a further 700 when the sites to construct the caissons on which the gates will rest are opened. Work to construct the mobile barriers was preceded by implementation of a series of measures to protect the coasts (Jesolo, Cavallino, Lido, Pellestrina, Sottomarina and Isola Verde) from the violence of sea storms, with widening and reconstruction of 45 km of beach, restoration of 8 km of dunes and reinforcement of 11 km of jetty and 20 km of the Istrian stone seawall (the "Murazzi") which protects the most fragile parts of Venice's beaches. Outside the inlets of Malamocco and Chioggia, two "crescents" (curved breakwaters) have also been constructed to attenuate the levels of tides and protect the locks.
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