The Line goes under feasibility review
Reporting through 2025 described the Public Investment Fund commissioning consultants to review the cost and viability of The Line, alongside a broader reassessment of NEOM, expectations of far fewer residents by 2030 than originally briefed, and NEOM's omission from the kingdom's 2026 pre-budget statement.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- NEOM · region · Saudi Arabia · not located
Evidence
Partly verified — Core facts are sourced; some optional detail is deliberately absent.
Reporting on the review and rescoping of The Line and NEOM
Supports the statement that the Public Investment Fund commissioned a feasibility review of The Line, that officials came to anticipate far fewer residents by 2030 than the 1.5 million originally briefed, and that NEOM was omitted from the 2026 pre-budget statement. V55 verification basis: journalism, some of it citing unnamed sources; no PIF or NEOM disclosure was retrieved, and figures for suspension dates, write-downs and contract values circulating in low-quality aggregation are deliberately not carried into this pack.
CNBC; Middle East Eye · 2025-07-18 · Partly verified
CNBC, "Saudi Arabia's 'The Line' at Neom is reviewed as it considers its megaprojects" (18 July 2025); Middle East Eye reporting on the NEOM review, scaled-back resident targets and the 2026 pre-budget statement
Recorded on NEOM
- The Line is announced
- The Line goes under feasibility review
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