Half Moon Bay City is a new town development project for 350,000 residents. The town’s main industry will be tourism and the project must offer sustainable and balanced development. The site stretches over 250km² around Half Moon Bay close to the city of Dammam in Saudi Arabia. Half Moon Bay is a vast 10km wide gulf surrounded by dried-up lagoons and sand dunes, some of which reach heights of around 20m.
Client: Al Khobar Council
Prime Contractor: AREP in partnership with the Saudi group ABIAT and Artelia group companies (COTEBA, SOGREAH and DETENTE)
2012, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia