Bloomberg: Bin Salman is influenced by Hollywood movies.
In a report on the Neom super project, Bloomberg news agency wrote that it is a pseudo-imaginary plan with astronomical costs that will not come to fruition.
Mohammed bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday (August 4th) once again gave details of the “Line” smart city project within the “Neom” superproject and said that this city with a width of 200 meters and a length of 170 kilometers is an experience. It will be unusual.
Since he announced the existence of such a plan in October 2018, various aspects of this project have been discussed many times, including the expulsion of the original residents of the area and their suppression.
In this regard, the Bloomberg news agency once again discussed the possibility of implementing and realizing this project in a detailed report and wrote that most of the designs presented in “Neom” were adapted from science fiction-Hollywood films and other world studios.
Bloomberg wrote how many contractors and companies and engineers have resigned and quit and returned to their countries, because they have concluded that the plan that the Saudi Crown Prince wants from them is more like a fantasy.
“I was surprised to hear that Prince Mohammed bin Salman is interested in science fiction,” a Neom executive told Bloomberg.
In this regard, Bloomberg wrote that some projects in “Neom” face great challenges because they are nothing more than ideas presented in fictional movies, an example of which is a project called “THE LINE”. ; According to the company’s documents, this project is supposed to be built on one floor underground and have transportation facilities and high-speed trains, but the cost of this project will be astronomical and may reach one trillion dollars.
“The idea was a little ridiculous to anyone listening,” Worth, a former American executive at Project Neom, which was responsible for the high-budget Neom ski resort, told Bloomberg. Because the air temperature on the top of the high mountains of the region reaches below zero, if enough snow equipment is available, the winter skiing season can be organized.”
