* Four mobile barriers are constructed at the lagoon inlets (two at the Lido inlet, one at Malamocco and one at Chioggia)
* The project has a total of  of mobile barriers
* There are  of linear worksites on land and at sea
* MOSE has a total of 78 gates
* The smallest gate is  (Lido–Treporti row)
* The largest gate is  (Malamocco row)
* One lock for large shipping at the Malamocco inlet enables port activities to continue when the gates are in operation
* Three small locks (two at Chioggia and one at Lido-Treporti) allow the transit of fishing boats and other smaller vessels when the gates are in operation
* There are 156 hinges, two for each gate and a number of reserve elements
* Each hinge weighs 42 tons
* The gates are designed to withstand a   maximum tide (to date, the highest tide has been )
* MOSE is designed to cope with a  rise in sea level
* 30 minutes are required to raise the gates
* 15 minutes are required to lower the gates back into their housing structures
* During a tidal event, the inlets remain closed for 4 to 5 hours, including barrier raising and lowering times
* The site currently employs 4,000 people directly or indirectly