A set of aerial images has revealed work progressing on The Line megacity, Oxagon port and Sindalah resort, which are being built as part of Neom in Saudi Arabia.

The images, shared by The Line’s chief operating officer Giles Pendleton on LinkedIn, show construction underway on the controversial project.

Pendleton’s images include aerial photos, that appear to be taken from a helicopter, of the excavations for The Line, which is planned to stretch 170 kilometres across the country.

He also shared aerial shots of hotels under construction at the Sindalah island resort and preparation works at Oxagon development.

  • Granite
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    244 months ago

    At this point, I just assume it’s built by literal slave labor.

    • @vinylshrapnel@lemmynsfw.com
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      64 months ago

      Everything in the Middle East is built be slave labor. The ship in Third Country Nationals from places like Nepal and take their passports once in country.

  • BadEngineering
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    174 months ago

    I give it less than 50 years before global warming turns it into just another desiccated ruin, half buried by the sands.

  • lad
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    134 months ago

    I haven’t heard about this one so had to look up

    The Line is ridiculously gigantic: 500 metres high, 200 metres wide, and 170 kilometres long, mirrored facades and, potentially, roof-top wind turbines, east–west orientated at the head of the Red Sea

    render of The Line city

    When they said megacity, this is definitely not what I imagined

    Source of renders: an article about how this might become a problem for migratory birds

  • Sibbo
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    74 months ago

    When you have so much money that you need to build a whole city to fit all your cars and private jets.