Saudi’s ambitious projects have come under fire after reports that officers were told to kill people living on land they wanted for developments
SAUDI Arabia has revealed its grandiose plans for an extravagant marina resort that caters to the world’s biggest superyachts.
Jaumur, the exclusive billionaire community, will house over 6,000 residents just metres away from their enormous vessels.
The resort will be built around a vast marina with 700 luxury villas and 500 apartments.
Each villa will have waterfront access and its own private mooring for yachts, along the Gulf of Aqaba.
Two hotels with 350 suites will also feature in the complex, part of Saudi’s ambitious Neom initiative.
The £1.2 trillion project is designed to host the world’s largest and most impressive superyachts, in a garish display of Saudi wealth.
A 1.5 kilometre aerofoil will help protect billionaire’s boats and serve as a central hub in the marina.
Plans include provisions for entertainment and leisure as well as an international boarding school on site.
Jaumur is yet another ambitious and controversial Saudi initiative in a string of plans.
Spearheaded under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in 2017 as part of the country’s Vision 2030, plans for the mega city are set to be complete by the end of the decade.
It includes the infamous Line, a 110 mile long and 200 metre wide megastructure designed to function as its own city.
Near the Red Sea, it will have a floating industrial centre and its own port.
Saudi also plans to build a mountainous ski resort called Trojena set to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games.
An airport will also be built to connect the city to the rest of the world.
The project was recently met with fierce international criticism over reported plans to kill people in order to make way for the $500 billion city.
A former Saudi intelligence officer claimed he was told to use “lethal force” against any “rebels” who refused to leave their homes.
The land where the Line is being build was occupied by local tribes and their homes completely disappeared after Saudi forces cleared the area.
Col Rabih Alenezi told the BBC he was ordered to evict villagers to make way for the horizontal skyscraper.
He claimed one of the villagers was shot and killed during the clearance mission for protesting against the evictions.
The Line is to be the first development in the new urban area, hoped by the kingdom to add $48billion (£38billion) to the country’s GDP, along with other elements of the Saudi Vision 2030 program.
It was originally planned to stretch across 170km – from the mountains of Neom across desert valleys to the Red Sea – and tower 500m above sea level while only being 200m wide.
But plans for the 105-mile-long build were dramatically scaled back in a humiliation for Saudi Arabia, with The Line to stretch a measly 1.5 miles – rather than the previously-envisioned ten miles – by 2030.
Source: https://www.the-sun.com/news/11365059/saudi-arabia-resort-billionaire-superyacht-worlds-biggest/