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The MOSE project flood gates will soon be installed on all three lagoon inlets. Lido, Malamocco and Chioggia. The gates will rise to prevent high tides flooding the lagoon. In October 2012, the concrete caissons that will host the gates were already installed on the Lido inlet seabed. Work underwater was underway. Workers descended to the caissons through shafts seen here emerging out of the water in the middle of the inlet.

The MOSE project flood gates will soon be installed on all three lagoon inlets. Lido, Malamocco and Chioggia. The gates will rise to prevent high tides flooding the lagoon. In October 2012, the concrete caissons that will host the gates were already installed on the Lido inlet seabed. Work underwater was underway. Workers descended to the caissons through shafts seen here emerging out of the water in the middle of the inlet.