00:00The line is a smart city under construction, which will be built in Saudi Arabia, it is part
00:05of the Saudi Vision 2030 project, which aims to create new jobs and expand tourism.
00:11What makes this city unusual is its unique shape, being a simple line with a minimalist design on
00:17the exterior, but very advanced on the inside, satisfying all the needs of the future residents.
00:24Many people have said that this city will never be realized and that it is a simple marketing
00:29plan to attract more visitors, but Saudi Arabia has recently made available images in which
00:34it can be seen that the construction of the city has already started.
00:38However, the construction costs are extremely high, today we will see together whether this
00:44project will be realized or not, becoming the largest megaproject in the world at the moment
00:49or will remain abandoned during the construction period.
00:54In 2021, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced the project in a televised broadcast.
01:01The purpose of this project was not only to build a simple smart city, but to form a new
01:07way of life for population.
01:09Due to its shape, there will be no cars inside it.
01:14People will be able to cross the city by walking very quickly.
01:19Another very important aspect of this city is related to energy, it will be produced with
01:24the help of solar panels, reducing pollution to zero.
01:28This project was highly appreciated by the people, becoming very popular.
01:34However, at the same time there are also people who not believed that this project would be
01:39built, but in 2022 there were several videos taken by drones that showed that the construction
01:44of the city had begun.
01:46This footage was revealed by O.T.
01:49Sky.
01:50In these videos, you can see several excavators digging, the work progressing very quickly.
01:56The developers have announced that they want to complete this construction by 2030.
02:03The total height of the city will be 500 meters, the length 170 kilometers, and the width 200 meters.
02:11The city will host more than 9 million people in a few years after its launch.
02:16The peoples who designed this city thought of making everything as simple and better for
02:21the environment as possible, considering the city as a model for future climate resilience,
02:26with groundbreaking research and innovation happening.
02:30The structure of the building will consist of three layers, one on the surface for pedestrians,
02:35one underground for infrastructure, and another underground for transportation.
02:41The line offers a new approach to urban design.
02:45The idea of layering the city works vertically, giving people the ability to move seamlessly in
02:51three dimensions, up, down, or over, to access a concept called zero-gravity urbanism.
02:58Another interesting thing is that artificial intelligence will monitor the city and use
03:03predictive and data models to find ways to improve daily life for its citizens, with
03:08residents being paid for submitting data to the line.
03:12As I mentioned earlier, the city will not have cars inside it.
03:17Thus, the streets will be replaced with piazzas and walkable boulevards with parks and green spaces.
03:23Saudi Arabia announced that for the realization of this project, they have done a lot of research,
03:29mapping corals, dry valleys, groundwater and animal and bird migration, species reintroduction
03:35and ecological restoration in our nature reserves.
03:39They also study the impact of wind and other climate changes to ensure the project's climate
03:44and environmental feasibility.
03:47The estimated cost of the building has not been established, but it can reach up to $1 trillion.
03:54The Saudi government said that it will create 460,000 jobs, boost economic diversification.
04:01Currently, a large part of the income comes from oil, but this will change with the construction
04:07of this city.
04:09At first look of the project, everyone would say that it is impossible to build because of
04:14the time of only seven years proposed for its completion.
04:18In the past, there were some smaller projects compared to this city that could not be built
04:23in just seven years.
04:25As a result, if Saudi Arabia builds this project by the set date, it will break a new record.
04:32To do this, they would have to bring in a lot of skilled workers to work in record time.
04:38Another thing that could help the project to be completed on time is that they modify the
04:43project, making it smaller and easier to build.
04:47This version was assumed by the people, not being officially transmitted by those who designed
04:52the city.
04:53Even though the new city has received a lot of attention from the people, many people
04:58fear that the project will be abandoned just like Dubai Creek Tower.
05:03This project was started, but after a period of time it was abandoned without public data
05:08on its progress.
05:10Although there is talk about how good this city is in terms of environmental protection,
05:15many debates have started regarding the destruction of the environment during the
05:19construction process of the project.
05:22According to Philip Oldfield, head of the Built Environment School at the University of New South
05:27Wales, around 1.8 million tons of carbon emissions will occur with the materials used to build
05:33such a project.
05:34This is more than the annual carbon emissions of many European countries.
05:40What is your opinion about this project?
05:43Do you think that it will be completed by 2030, becoming the biggest megaproject in the world
05:49and breaking every record until now?
05:52Even if this project will be realized, do you think that the population will be able to adapt
05:57to the new conditions that the city makes available?
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