A coral reef with anthias fish at Yub'a island dive site, off the northwest of the island, in Neom.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has announced The Line, a 170km belt of hyper-connected future communities, without cars and roads. Images courtesy Neom
Plans for the city include "zero carbon emissions", Prince Mohammed said. Construction will begin before the end of March.
Prince Mohammed, who is chairman of the board of the Neom Company, said that The Line has been designed to allow residents to "fulfil all of their daily requirements within a five-minute walk".
Neom is the flagship project of Saudi Arabia's post-oil diversification plan, known as Vision 2030, that seeks to reduce the country's reliance on hydrocarbons.
The city will be 100 per cent powered by renewable energy and the cost of infrastructure will be 30 per cent cheaper than more traditional cities.
It is being overseen by the Public Investment Fund and is set to create hundreds of thousands of jobs and contribute tens of billions of dollars to the kingdom's GDP.
Neom spans 26,500 square kilometres.
It will contain towns and cities, ports and enterprise zones, research centres, sports venues, entertainment sites and tourist destinations.
The bulk of construction will take place over the next decade, with a target of hosting one million residents by 2030.
A coral reef with anthias fish at Yub'a island dive site, off the northwest of the island, in Neom.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has announced The Line, a 170km belt of hyper-connected future communities, without cars and roads. Images courtesy Neom
Plans for the city include "zero carbon emissions", Prince Mohammed said. Construction will begin before the end of March.
Prince Mohammed, who is chairman of the board of the Neom Company, said that The Line has been designed to allow residents to "fulfil all of their daily requirements within a five-minute walk".
Neom is the flagship project of Saudi Arabia's post-oil diversification plan, known as Vision 2030, that seeks to reduce the country's reliance on hydrocarbons.
The city will be 100 per cent powered by renewable energy and the cost of infrastructure will be 30 per cent cheaper than more traditional cities.
It is being overseen by the Public Investment Fund and is set to create hundreds of thousands of jobs and contribute tens of billions of dollars to the kingdom's GDP.
Neom spans 26,500 square kilometres.
It will contain towns and cities, ports and enterprise zones, research centres, sports venues, entertainment sites and tourist destinations.
The bulk of construction will take place over the next decade, with a target of hosting one million residents by 2030.
A coral reef with anthias fish at Yub'a island dive site, off the northwest of the island, in Neom.