Saudis Plan Strategic Review of Futuristic ‘Line’ City Project

Saudi Arabia has asked consulting firms to conduct a strategic review of its ambitious plans for building a futuristic city known as The Line, according to several people familiar with the matter, as the kingdom assesses priorities for its project-related expenditures.

A unit of the sovereign wealth fund is asking the firms to review whether current plans for The Line - which is planned to be a 170-kilometer (105-mile) long car-free city that’s part of Saudi Arabia’s Neom development project - are feasible and to suggest possible changes, said the people, who asked not to be named discussing private matters. ...