JEDDAH: The Jeddah Governorate’s Undeveloped Neighborhoods Committee has begun paying SR 1 billion (nearly $267 million) in compensation to citizens whose properties were demolished as part of the city’s massive development project. The government has provided services to the owners of the demolished properties in the coastal city, where the municipal authorities have
JEDDAH: Deprived neighborhoods in Saudi Arabia’s coastal city of Jeddah are undergoing major redevelopment after decades of relentless urbanization led to a host of social, economic, and environmental issues. Municipal authorities are clearing districts and squatter settlements where planners say substandard infrastructure, criminality, and disease are blighting the lives of