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Jeddah: Saudi Crown Prince HH Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz announced on Monday the designs for The Line city in NEOM.
The designs of the new city reflect how urban communities will be in the future in an environment free from roads, cars and emissions, and preserve 95 percent of NEOM's land. The city will also run on 100 percent renewable energy.
The Line, which will accommodate nine million residents, will be built on a footprint of 34 square kilometer, 500 meters above sea level with a width of 200 meters and a length of 170 kilometers.
The new designs reveal that residents will access all facilities within five minutes' time, and a high speed rail will connect the whole city within 20 minutes.
The designs would clarify the internal structure of the multi-layered city and address the problems of traditional flat horizontal cities, achieving harmony between urban development and preservation of nature, the crown prince said.
"We cannot ignore the livability and environmental crises facing our world's cities, and NEOM is at the forefront of delivering new and imaginative solutions to address these issues," he said, adding that NEOM remains one of the most important projects of Saudi Vision 2030,
The city's design will be completely digitized according to the most advanced structure and manufacturing technologies.
