{"id":474983,"date":"2026-06-04T00:24:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T00:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/474983\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T00:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T00:24:19","slug":"neom-issues-temporary-work-stoppage-on-the-line-until-at-least-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/474983\/","title":{"rendered":"NEOM issues temporary work stoppage on The Line until at least 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"

Work on The Line in Saudi Arabia<\/a> has been put on pause until at least 2030, per reporting<\/a> in Semafor. Construction will also temporarily stop on Trojena, a mountain resort city.<\/p>\n

NEOM<\/a>, the company chaired by Saudi Arabia<\/a> Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman backing the construction project, will shift its efforts to Oxagon<\/a>, a port city south of The Line on the Red Sea, according to sources close to the plan.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The pivot is a directive of the new NEOM CEO Aiman al-Mudaifer. Reports indicated that physical infrastructure that\u2019s been already laid could be repurposed for data center usage<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The reinvestment strategy may be connected to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz because Oxagon is expected to play an essential role in seeding new trade routes. NEOM has pledged $3 billion to Oxagon. A construction timeline for the city\u2019s completion hasn\u2019t been announced.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Oxagon, as the name suggests, is a 40-acre floating city with eight sides. The port and logistics hub has been billed as \u201cthe world\u2019s largest floating structure.\u201d Bjarke Ingels Group was named the masterplanner of Oxagon in 2023. AN emailed BIG for comment in regard to the status of the project, and its involvement in it.<\/p>\n

Andre Kikoski Architect, a New York firm, completed a greenhouse<\/a> at Oxagon last year for Topian, NEOM\u2019s food company.<\/p>\n

Plans for The Line have been dramatically scaled back since it was announced in 2021 by the Saudi Crown Prince, culminating in this most recent work stoppage, and NEOM has long been marred in controversy. <\/p>\n

In 2024, it was reported that more than 21,000 Indian, Bangladeshi, and Nepalese workers have died<\/a> in\u00a0Saudi Arabia since 2017 working on various aspects of Saudi Vision 2030.<\/p>\n

NEOM at first envisioned 1.5 million residents living at The Line in a city 105 miles long. In 2024 NEOM said that only 300,000 residents<\/a> would live in a 1.5 mile long city.\u00a0<\/p>\n

By 2030, NEOM is aiming to have 100,000 residents.<\/p>\n

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