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In August 2019, it became known that Saudi Arabia (KSA) wants to build a super-city of the future in the middle of the desert. This is not the first paradise city conceived by the Saudis. Back in 2005, the KSA sheikhs announced plans to build a mega-city on the shores of the Red Sea, but the plans remained on paper.
The new city was named NEOM. It should be located on the coast of the Arabian Peninsula near the border with Jordan. According to the initiators of the project, the city should overtake Silicon Valley, Hollywood and the French Riviera, combined, in terms of development.
It is planned that artificial intelligence (AI) will manage the city, and robots should become service personnel for Neom residents.
How do its creators see Neom?
1) The city will be erected on the site of the desert, but artificial rains and irrigation systems will turn the city into a flowering oasis. It is planned that always fresh food will be grown here to the table of local residents.
2) The city should become the world's largest science city and center of attraction for young scientists from around the world. It is planned to create a high-tech and safe city, which will have all the conditions and infrastructure for scientific activities.
3) The city will be "smart," that is, AI will analyze the actions and movements of each resident based on Big Data technologies: "This should be an automated city in which we can observe everything," the documents of the constituent council of the project say, "a city where a computer can notify about crimes without having to report them and where you can track all citizens."
4) Neom will have autonomy, they plan to release him from direct subordination to the KSA authorities. This will allow investors to make decisions at every stage of the construction and development of the project.
If the project is implemented, it may become the prototype of the cities of the future.
History
2022
Start of city construction
In mid-October 2022, it became known that the implementation of The Line's unique, super-scale and very expensive project to build a futuristic city in the desert began in Saudi Arabia.
The megastructure with mirrored facades will be located near the Red Sea. The length of the metropolis will be approximately 170 km - it will stretch into a line (hence the name). The height of the grandiose structure will reach 500 m, width - 200 m. About 9 million people will be able to permanently live in the city.
The infrastructure will include residential, shopping and entertainment areas, as well as schools and parks. It is planned to use exclusively renewable energy sources so as not to harm the environment. A large number of green spaces will allow the interior buildings to merge with nature. For The Line project, it is planned to deploy an underground transport system. It will give you the opportunity to get from one end of the city to the other in just 20 minutes. All necessary communications will also be located under the surface.
Reportedly, the construction site is being prepared. Dozens of excavators clear the area and dig a huge trench for the foundation and transport channel. Construction is scheduled to be completed by 2030. The cost of building a megastructure is estimated at $500 billion.
The Line is part of the Saudi Vision 2030 initiative, which, in accordance with Saudi plans, will create 380,000 jobs and increase the country's GDP by $48 billion. However, there are already heated discussions about the fact that the project of a unique city violates human rights. Thus, several members of the Al-Huwaitat tribe who refused to leave their homes to make way for construction were sentenced to death.[1][2]
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