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May 31, 2020Public show, with people assisting from the Alberoni beach and dam, for the double test of lifting the ranks of the Mose sluice gates, today: 19 at the mouth of Malamocco harbor, visible precisely from the Lido, and 18 in that of Chioggia. A test successfully completed, the last one before the general test on June 30th. The raising of the dams in the lagoon began shortly after 1 pm and ended at 3 pm, with the barriers still raised. A test carried out with good weather conditions and calm seas.

Brugnaro: "Another step forward for the safeguard of Venice"
"Here we are! All the gates of the Mose at the mouths of Chioggia and Malamocco have been raised. Another step forward for the safeguard of Venice from exceptional high waters" . So, on Twitter, the mayor of Venice, Luigi Brugnaro, who witnessed the operations from the control base of Chioggia together with the extraordinary commissioner Elisabetta Spitz. 

#SollevamentoMose | Here we are! All 38 #Mose sluice gates at the mouths of #Chioggia and #Malamocco have risen. @comunevenezia @CMVenezia pic.twitter.com/rqDOaZBTSx

- Luigi Brugnaro (@LuigiBrugnaro) May 31, 2020

Spitz: delivery by the end of 2021, from autumn ready for Venice
The delivery date of the MOSE "is confirmed for December 31, 2021, but the reformulation of the work schedule and preparation within the summer of the procedures for lifting the system, in which the tide heights will be set at which it will be possible to authorize the lifting of the sluice gates, will make it possible to protect Venice from high water as early as next autumn "said Spitz. "The training program of the lifting teams, which continued in this phase of the coronavirus emergency - added the commissioner - allows us today to carry out an important test which involves lifting 37 sluice gates simultaneously, being able to coordinate thanks to the army's radio link 19 barriers in Malamocco and 18 in Chioggia ". 

Spitz yesterday visited the Lido shipyard, where he was able to check the progress of the works of the MOSE which continued, despite the difficulties related to the health emergency for Covid-19, and the complete functionality of the radio link installed thanks to a protocol in agreement signed with the Defense. The system allows data and voice communications between the three ports, pending the primary fiber connection.