Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, Advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Governor of Makkah and Chairman of the Ministerial Committee overseeing public transportation by trains and buses in the region, recently briefed on the stages reached by the public transportation project in the Holy Capital, where the project provides nearly forty thousand job opportunities for citizens > and its estimated cost in its first phase is more than sixty-two billion riyals.
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According to the presentation seen by the Prince of Makkah, the project, whose total cost is estimated at 62 billion riyals, will be implemented in several phases, the first phase of which will cost 25.5 billion riyals, while the second phase will cost 19 billion riyals, and 17.5 billion riyals for the last phase, and includes a network of trains consisting of four lines with a total length of 114 kilometers. The presentation explained that the latest stages of work reached by the project focused on surveying and expropriation works for the public transport project. In this regard, the design of train tracks above the central island of roads to reduce the areas of expropriation has been completed, and the design of the entire expropriation boundaries for trains and buses has been completed, in addition to completing the numbering of all properties to be expropriated for the project.
Providing job opportunities for citizens
The project is expected to create 39,000 jobs over the next ten years, with approximately 500 jobs in assembly and administration, 500 jobs in maintenance, and 1,In this regard, and based on the directives of His Royal Highness Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, workshops were held between the authorities related to the public transport project and the Saudi Investment Authority, which aimed to implement localization plans and resulted in the identification of localization steps and specifications, and accordingly, the localization clause was added to the terms and specifications for the tender for the manufacture and supply of trains for the first phase project in accordance with the conditions and requirements of the Investment Authority.
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The presentation showed that the bus transportation project consists of 500 buses, 350 articulated (double) and standard buses with 62 stations consisting of express bus lines, local buses, feeder buses, in addition to frequent buses, while the operator will be responsible for supplying The operator will be responsible for supplying these buses according to the best international specifications, equipping them with intelligent transportation systems, operating and maintaining them, providing the necessary facilities and facilities for storing, operating and maintaining the buses, equipping parking lots and stations for buses, and supplying, installing and operating automated and secure ticket revenue collection systems.
