Measures to defend the Venice littoral affect about 60 km of coastline and are aimed at opposing erosion and protecting the lagoon and inhabited areas near the sea from sea storms, while also improving the landscape and environment of the coastal strip. These are the most important protected beach reconstruction projects ever implemented in Italy on an eroding coastline, in line with the most advanced techniques of modern coastal engineering, attributing great importance to the role of the shore for its capacity to dissipate wave energy.
This system of sea-side interventions is integrated with the programme of measures underway for the lagoon-side defence of inhabited areas on the coastal strip from high tides.