The Line is Saudi Arabia's proposed 170-kilometre linear city inside NEOM, unveiled in January 2021. As of August 2026, roughly 2.4 kilometres of foundation wo…
A May 22, 2026 Semafor report said NEOM has effectively made the September 2025 construction pause indefinite, with any resumption of work on The Line pushed past 2030,…
NEOM terminated the ~$1 billion Line tunnel contract (Hyundai E&C, Samsung C&T, Archirodon), the $1.15 billion Trojena Ski Village steel contract (Eversendai), and Webui…
PIF ordered a pause on Line construction pending a strategic review, with roughly 2.4 km of foundation and earthworks completed by that point - about 1.4% of the origina…
The Wall Street Journal reported on a 100-page internal NEOM audit projecting full-scope completion could cost up to $8.8 trillion and stretch to 2080 - a figure NEOM ha…
NEOM's board announced Nadhmi Al-Nasr's departure after leading the project since 2018. Aiman Al-Mudaifer was named Acting CEO amid reporting linking the change to condu…
Bloomberg reported that Saudi officials had scaled back the near-term Line target for 2030 from 170 km to about 2.4 km, and the population target from 1.5 million to rou…
Satellite imagery from late 2022 onward showed active site preparation, trenching and excavation at The Line's site near the Gulf of Aqaba, consistent with reported foun…
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced The Line: a proposed 170-kilometre linear city with no cars or roads, designed to preserve 95% of NEOM's surrounding nature an…
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced NEOM at the first Future Investment Initiative, describing a $500 billion, PIF-backed economic zone in northwest Saudi Arabia…
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