Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is supervising the construction of “The Line,” a $1 trillion megacity project that is expected to be finished by 2030 in an effort to reinvent urban living. The Line is an astounding 105 miles long. It is basically two buildings that are parallel to one another and are laying on their sides to form a 200-meter-wide area that can hold nine million people.
The Line is larger than four countries combined: Vatican City, Monaco, Nauru, and Tuvalu. Its magnitude is just amazing. The city is intended to be self-sufficient, with residents being able to walk to most amenities in five minutes. The idea, which aims to incorporate green spaces into the urban environment, has been referred to as a “vertical garden city.”
From the aerial views of the project, it becomes clear that The Line is going to be enormous – the wide construction zone is a showcase where the work is ongoing. The city is supposed to be made up of parks, aerial cabs, and even some artificial moons are likely to keep people happy.
The Line can be considered one of the major novel approaches as it will be a sustainable utopia with all the power required being obtained from renewable sources, Saudi Arabian authorities stated. The city will also be without vehicles; instead, a high-speed rail system will provide connectivity between different parts of the city.
Although the vision of The Line is ambitious, there have been difficulties. Nevertheless, Giles Pendleton, who holds the position of Chief Operating Officer at The Line, has a positive attitude and assures that The Line project is still set to create something revolutionary in terms of an urban living space.
Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman stressed in a statement how crucial The Line is to solving the environmental and liveability issues that cities all over the world are currently facing. He called The Line a blueprint for urban settlements of the future, a challenge to traditional flat cities with its vertically tiered architecture.
The Line is a window into the future of urban living with its audacious vision and cutting-edge architecture. The world will be watching to see if this enormous project can indeed completely change the way we think about cities as development moves forward.