New project to save Venice from sinking explored

A group of engineers and geology experts said today they are considering injecting sea water under Venice to raise the waterlogged Italian city 12ins and rescue it from the tides and floods that bedevil it.

“The main advantage of this project is that it would allow Venice to regain ... nearly the same amount of inches by which it sank over the last 300 years,” said Giuseppe Gambolati, the head of the project.