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SHOTLIST 1. Rialto Bridge in Venice 2. Gondola under Rialto bridge passing transport boat 3. Boat traffic in grand canal 4. Vaporetti passing transport boat in canal 5. Close up of tiller on transport boat 6. Wide of Melissa Conn, Director of the Venice office of Save Venice sitting down 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Melissa Conn, Associated Director of Venice Office Of Save Venice: "Yes, it has changed quite a bit because traditionally in Venice one moved around with boats with oars with gondolas or boats of that type, but from the 20th century on we have had to deal with motorboats. It's changed the conditions of the foundations, but it is also something very difficult to limit because Venice now is a modern city it needs to have motorboats and it needs to have vaporetti for public transportation and private water taxis and so the city seems to get a little bit ahead of it by a maintenance programme that is going on now where the dredge the canals and reinforce all the foundations and they are going to have to do that constantly." 8. Wide of people queuing to board gondolas 9. Gondolas passing each other in canal 10. Close up of bronze horse decoration on gondola passing foundation covered in algae 11. Wide of traffic in canal with water taxi and gondolas 12. Mid traffic mirror on wall of bridge 13. Gondolier standing on bridge over canal 14. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Placido Bozzano, Gondolier: "Traffic increases with progress, the number of people coming here increase, the number of motorboats have increased. There is nothing you can do about it." 15. Wide of police boat passing vaporetto and gondola in grand canal 16. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Placido Bozzano, Gondolier: "Out there in the canals it is dangerous, in the lagoon near St.Mark's Square there are waves made by vaporetti and various motorboats that are dangerous, that could be dangerous for passengers and gondoliers." 17. Wide of gondola going under bridge 18. Wide of party on boats near shore 19. Wide shot of Professor Marcello Panettoni, Director of Venice Transport Authority walking 20. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Professor Marcello Panettoni, Director of Venice Transport Authority "First there is the quantity of boat waves created by motorboats that traverse Venice, and then certainly there are the vaporetti, our vaporetti that transport hundreds of people at a time, but the bigger problem is born from the quantity of water taxis, private boats and transport boats that are numerous in the canals, they generate a lot of waves and sometimes they don't respect the speed limits and this increases the problem." 21. Wide of Vaporetto stop 22. Close up of signing advertising placard for special Number 3 vaporetto line for regular users 23. Wide boat passing hut with electronic speed detector on side 24. Wide of Grand Canal STORYLINE: The historic city of Venice is being damaged by modern living and struggling to deal with the problems caused by huge visitor numbers. The city, laced together by some 450 bridges, is a major tourist attraction, with about 20 (m) million visitors a year. The visitors, while vital for the local economy, have led to an increase in traffic on the waterways and consequently damage to the city's infrastructure. ''It's changed the conditions of the foundations, but it is also something very difficult to limit because Venice now is a modern city it needs to have motorboats and it needs to have vaporetti for public transportation and private water taxis,'' said Melissa Conn, the Venice director of Save Venice, an American organisation that works towards protecting the city's art and architecture. The canals need to be dredged regularly to keep the rubbish and silt from settling on the bottom. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/4d07f0f5b49f0a2c0f6a1db37ff7ca1e Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork