Like everyone, I have been enjoying DaMosta's "Venice" programme that was on last night (the last in the repeated series!). This final episode looked at the future of Venice & touched on the plans for flood defences.
I note that the plans seem to have been agreed ([url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4292374.stm[/url]) and the controversial plans to build a flood barrier will go ahead with a 4.5bn euro project that is due for completion(!) by 2011.
.... will anyone give me odds on completion by 2011?
Hi there,
yes, I was a little concerned after seeing last night's programme, as to how environmentally friendly this proposed project is going to be. :(
I felt a little sorry for Francesco and his family, being that they are Venetians, whose family ties go back a long way. Will he and most important of all his children, will they stay and bring up a new generation of traditional Venetians, to carry on certain family traditions and way of life?? I for one, hope that family trades will not die out all for tourism. :( ( Even though I have been a tourist myself, I have not bought the "tacky" plastic gondolas or masks. :rolleyes:
Cannot comment on how long this project will take to complete, but now will suffer withdrawal syptoms, because the series has finished!! I will just have to keep watching each episode over and over again. :p
Ciao
Frances
Hi there,
yes, I was a little concerned after seeing last night's programme, as to how environmentally friendly this proposed project is going to be. :(
I felt a little sorry for Francesco and his family, being that they are Venetians, whose family ties go back a long way. Will he and most important of all his children, will they stay and bring up a new generation of traditional Venetians, to carry on certain family traditions and way of life?? I for one, hope that family trades will not die out all for tourism. :( ( Even though I have been a tourist myself, I have not bought the "tacky" plastic gondolas or masks. :rolleyes:
Cannot comment on how long this project will take to complete, but now will suffer withdrawal syptoms, because the series has finished!! I will just have to keep watching each episode over and over again. :p
Ciao
Frances