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More from the construction village but you can now start to see constuction around the village towards the mountains too.

NEOM on Monday awarded drill and blast tunneling contracts for work on the region’s infrastructure, which is considered one of the world’s largest transportation and utility infrastructure projects, and it is an essential element in ensuring NEOM continues to meet its development schedule.

Two joint venture groups will undertake the project, which is separated by lower and upper geographies, with the first contract awarded to FCC Construction SA/China State Construction Engineering Corporation/Shibh Al-Jazira Contracting Company Joint Venture (FCC/CSCEC/SAJCO JV).

The second contract has been awarded to Samsung C&T Corporation/Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co. Ltd/Saudi Archirodon Company Ltd Joint Venture (SHAJV).

The tunnels work will deliver over 28 kilometers in length and provide separate tunnels for high-speed and freight rail services — making the movement of people and goods faster, safer and easier. The rock excavated as part of this tunneling project will be processed for subsequent reuse within the permanent concrete lining of the tunnels and other projects within NEOM to ensure minimal impact to natural landscapes.

Source: https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/621727

There isn't much in those areas at the moment, only contractor accomodation until the hotels are in place.

Originally Posted by LogisticsMan

I'm looking for some advice if possible. What is accommodation like near NEOM. I am looking to come over for 4-6 weeks to set up some logistics projects, and just wondered how to go about booking somewhere to stay?? I've searched the internet but only found a few hotels nearby.

There's some internal tensions about what will and won't be allowed in NEOM and currently a lot of PR being put towards attracting those who don't want to live under Saudi regulations but without specifically saying they won't adhere to the same rules. It's a thin line they are walking and it looks like the official statements aren't quite as agreed as you would expect!

Saudi Arabia on Monday rejected claims that its planned futuristic megacity known as NEOM will have different rules from the rest of the conservative kingdom and function like a “country within a country”.

In an interview published last week by the UAE’s The National newspaper, Andrew McEvoy, head of NEOM’s tourism sector, was quoted as saying that residents of the $500 billion Red Sea project would be known as “Neomians” rather than Saudis and that alcohol — long banned in Saudi Arabia — could potentially be sold there. “NEOM will be treated as a country within a country, with its own economic zone and its own authority. We need to make sure its laws and regulations match the ambitions of those we are trying to attract to work and live here,” McEvoy said.

The company developing NEOM responded with a statement stressing the site was “absolutely subject to the sovereignty and systems of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”, according to a report by the official Saudi Press Agency. NEOM will be “subject to all rules that are applied to any part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in terms of issues related to security, defence and border protection”, the report said. The report allowed, though, that NEOM “will enjoy some special regulations related to investment”.

Source: https://dailytimes.com.pk/935886/saudi-denies-neom-megacity-will-be-country-within-a-country/

The construction village is really coming along. There's clearly a lot more traffic around the area now and infrastructure going in around the main residential areas.

Brett Smythe, chief projects officer of NEOM, said in an interview with Arab News that work has made important headway on Neom’s road and utility backbone, its first permanent villages, marine works and social infrastructure. All regions of Neom will be built simultaneously, in keeping with the project’s mission to accelerate and deliver progress, according to him.

“Work has also commenced on The Line, a series of communities built along a 170-km strip of land from the Red Sea deep into the interior of Saudi Arabia, integrated with The Spine, the transport and logistics backbone that will service The Line. Early grading work has already commenced, and major contracts are progressing for The Spine infrastructure to Bechtel (executive project manager), Aecom (lead designer) and China Railway Construction Corp. (adits and portals),” Smythe noted.

Source: http://www.tradearabia.com/news/CONS_393265.html

The construction village to house workers in NEOM is looking good, new facilities are coming in all the time and the housing looks almost complete with landscaping now taking place.

#NEOM project execution in full swing as Teams are committed to meet the targets , InshaAllah. This Mega project incorporate smart city technologies and #Tourism in SaudiArabia! #Vision2030

Source: https://twitter.com/Adnan_Zaheer/status/1413853519648538632

There press videos were put out in early 2020, it looks like they should have continued the series but stopped in April. Some good shots of some of the buildings I haven't seen before.