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Neom new City

16-07-2021

It is planned to cover a total area of 26,500 km along the coast of the Red Sea. Neom is a being built in in northwestern Saudi Arabia. It is planned to incorporate smart city technologies and function as a tourist destination. The site is north of the Red Sea, east of Egypt across the Gulf of Aqaba, and south of Jordan. It is planned to cover a total area of 26,500 km2 (10,200 sq mi), extending 170 km along the coast of the Red Sea.

Inauguration of the project

The city was announced by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman at the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on October 24, 2017.[10] He said it will operate independently from the “existing governmental framework” with its own tax and labour laws and an "autonomous judicial system."[11] Egypt announced in 2018 that it is contributing some land to the Neom project.[12]The initiative emerged from Saudi Vision 2030, a plan to reduce Saudi Arabia's dependence on oil, diversify its economy, and develop public service sectors.[13] Plans call for robots to perform functions such as security, logistics, home delivery, and caregiving[14] and for the city to be powered solely with wind and solar power.[11] Because the city will be designed and constructed from scratch, other innovations in infrastructure and mobility have been suggested. Planning and construction will be initiated with $500 billion from the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia and international investors.[15] The first phase of the project is scheduled for completion by 2025.[16]

Neom Bay

The development work of the project's first phase, Neom Bay, was planned to start in the first quarter of 2019 and be completed by 2020.[44][needs update] The developments were to include constructing the airport at Sharma which would operate regular commercial flights between Riyadh and Neom.[45] The plan of Neom Bay's developments also involves building the first residential area in Neom as part of phase 1.[46]

Neom Bay Airport

Main article: Neom Airport

In June 2019, it was announced that the Neom Bay Airport would start to receive commercial flights after the first phase of the airport was completed with a runway length of 3,757 m (12,326 ft).[47][48][49][needs update] The airport that is planned to be located at Neom Bay has been registered by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) with the code NUM.[48]