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Venice flood barrier test raises questions about Moses project
The Moses movable sea wall system for Venice, designed to shield 120 islands from tides, passed a deep-water test at Malamocco but skeptics warn that real flood conditions and past cost overruns could delay full operation. Critics cite a 2014 corruption scandal and laboratory tests predicting unstable behavior under extreme seas.
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Venice
Haly
Lagoon City
Moses
Malamocco
Lagoon
Paolo Vielmo
Netherlands
Vielmo
Vielma
Codacons Consumer and Environment Protection Advocacy Group
Codacons
Franco Conte