More details have been identified at Saudi Arabia’s the Line mega project, which Mott MacDonald has joined as city infrastructure engineer. A 170km long and 200m wide linear development in the desert, THE LINE is planned to be a “cognitive city” built in Tabuk Province. Bordered by two 500m-high walls, mirrored on the exterior,

it is planned to be home to 9M residents in its 34km2 area and will be filled with interconnected mixed-use community spaces in its 135 modules. Saudi authorities say it will run as completely carbon net zero and have no roads or cars, but public electrified transport running along the outskirts.

In May 2023, a joint venture of Webuild and Shibh Al Jazira Contracting Company (SAJCO) signed a contract worth £1.2bn (€1.4bn) to design and build 57km of high-speed railway in NEOM, Saudi Arabia.

Further images show archaeological sites from the Neolithic period, according to Soar. The company labelled areas at the easternmost end of the planned footprint of the Line as having various types of dwellings and sites for “rituals” present, as well as hunting traps.

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