This is ridiculous. You guys do realize that Venice brings in half of that in tourism dollars per year, right? And I suspect the overall impact on the Italian

This is ridiculous. You guys do realize that Venice brings in half of that in tourism dollars per year, right? And I suspect the overall impact on the Italian tourist economy of having Venice around is even higher. So even setting aside any relocation costs, just the tourist economy (and there is more to the Venetian economy) will pay for the entire project in 2 years.