Technical-economic assessments on the feasibility of new infrastructures serving seaport and dry port of Venice

Despite the millenary tradition of the city, the current port of Venice was built only about a hundred of years ago and located in a suburb named Marghera. The lack of an updated regulatory plan and of suitable inland transport connections have made it difficult to increase commercial traffic after the crisis of the chemical industry, although a strong growth in the luxury cruise industry. Only the construction of new infrastructures (both land and sea side) and the recovery of many abandoned areas have given a new impetus to the port.