Because the flood area had priority, there were new systematic archaeological surveys. The data were published in a report for a colloquium, and other initiatives were taken to involve people living near the project. It was possible in 1997 to begin actions in Measure A of the mitigation plan. However bureaucratic problems, delayed until 1998 the application process and the beginning of the sixteen scientific projects included in Measure B, from the Paleolithic to the Medieval and Modern times. At last, Measure C of these Plan work to place all the mitigation process at the service of cultural, social, and economic development of the local population and will promote value assessment and cultural management of sites and monuments not affected by inundation to be integrated into tourism.
Studies exist for a large archaeology museum in the area.
Although one year of fieldwork and two years for preparation and publication of final reports remain, it is obvious, despite the inevitable loss of a significant percentage of the potential archaeological register, that it would never have been possible under normal conditions to conduct archaeological research on this scale. Indeed, it seems to us today that it would have been very advantageous to have proceeded to the planning phase through one or two years of intense survey, scientifically oriented, supported by evidence at the appropriate time by traditional soundings and by geophysical methods. The final planning of excavations it would have been subjected to a consideration certainly more secure and objective, and the risks of an orientation less productive in terms of investment would have been much reduced.