Updates have been provided on the four main projects that make up the Saudi Arabian gigaproject NEOM with executives revealing they are all underway, but that flagship linear city the Line will take around 100 years to complete and populate.

NEOM deputy CEO Rayan Fayez and chief development officer Denis Hickey gave a presentation at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, where they revealed detailed updates on the construction of the Saudi Arabian gigaproject and its regions.

Little official news is shared by the Saudi authorities about its NEOM giga-project. NEOM is the flagship project of Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman’s (MBS) Vision 2030 development plans.

Sources associated with the Line, NEOM’s flagship mega-project, have variously described how the project will be built in phases or with a shorter length, compared to its stated aim of 170km.

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