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Hidden Marina Being constructed as First Segment of Saudi Megacity

Saudi mega project NEOM is projected to be completed in 100 years, as indicated by Denis Hickey, NEOM's Chief Development Officer, during a talk at the World Economic Forum in January.
Reports suggest that The Line's intended population size has been reduced from 1.5 million to 300,000, as Bloomberg reported last year.
As NEOM progresses, its development is part of Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman's 'Vision 2030', aiming to diversify the Saudi economy away from oil.
Karen Young of the Middle East Institute noted that the extended time frame for the project allows room for changes in government priorities and spending.

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Business Insider

Satellite images reveal the reality of Saudi Arabia's $2 trillion megacity in the desert

The world's largest construction project is carving up the Saudi desert. But will the megacity known as "the Line" ever become a reality?

4 days ago·United States

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Semafor

Saudi Arabia project NEOM’s linear city slowly takes shape

NEOM gave rare media access to Al Arabiya to show off progress at The Line, its ambitious 170-kilometer linear city project, following reports that it was being downsized and delayed.

4 days ago·New York, United States

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Al Arabiya

Inside Saudi Arabia’s THE LINE: First look reveals the NEOM city rising from desert

In an exclusive first-ever media tour of Saudi Arabia’s ambitious THE LINE project, Al Arabiya English witnessed firsthand the massive construction

8 days ago·Saudi Arabia

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ecoticias.com

Saudi Arabia comes to terms with its failure with The Line: Here's what's left of the city

Saudi Arabia's most futuristic city could have been an enormous failure: This is the current state of The Line, with latest photos released

11 days ago

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Saudi Gazette

NEOM unveils Hidden Marina as first phase of THE LINE

NEOM is set to unveil the first phase of THE LINE, with the groundbreaking Hidden Marina at the forefront, Denis Hickey, Chief Development Officer of NEOM, announced at the PIF Private Sector Forum in Riyadh.

13 days ago·Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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The New Arab

Saudi NEOM's The Line project 'won't be finished for 100 years'

Saudi mega project NEOM and its controversial "The Line" smart city is now projected to be completed in 100 years, much longer than previously announced, comments from officials involved in the project suggest. During a talk with Deputy NEOM CEO Rayan Fayez at the World Economic Forum in Davos on 22 January, Neom's Chief Development Officer Denis Hickey gave a time frame of a century to build and populate the project. "You're gonna build a city …

27 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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