Analysis

Contract Signed for $1.5 Billion for NEOM High-Speed Railway to Connect Port Development of Oxagon and The Line

• SUSTG Team
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• 5. 15. 2023

Milan, Italy-based Webuild and its joint-venture partner Shibh Al Jazira Contracting Company (SAJCO) have signed a contract worth circa $1.5 billion to design and build 57 kilometers (35.4 miles) of a high-speed railway in NEOM, along the north Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia which will connect Oxagon

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