Specifications
Four mobile barriers are under construction at the lagoon inlets (two at the Lido inlet, one at Malamocco and one at Chioggia)
The project utilises 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) of mobile barriers
There are 18 kilometres (11 mi) of linear worksites on land and at sea
MOSE has a total of 78 gates
The smallest gate is 18.5 by 20 by 3.6 metres (61 ft × 66 ft × 12 ft) (Lido–Treporti row)
The largest gate is 29.5 by 20 by 4.5 metres (97 ft × 66 ft × 15 ft) (Malamocco row)
One lock for large shipping at the Malamocco inlet enables port activities to continue when the gates are in operation
There are 156 hinges, two for each gate and a number of reserve elements
Each hinge weighs 42 tons
The gates can withstand a 3-metre (9.8 ft) maximum tide (to date, the highest tide has been 1.94 metres (6 ft 4 in))
Mose has been designed to cope with a 60 centimetres (24 in) rise in sea level
30 minutes is required to raise the gates
15 minutes is required to lower the gates back into their housing structures
During a tidal event, the inlet will remain closed for 4/5 hours, including barrier raising and lowering times
The site currently employs 4,000 people directly or indirectly