The Board of Directors of the Royal Commission for Riyadh City (RCRC) announced the ‎start of the construction works of Al-Urubah Park, one of the largest parks in the city of ‎Riyadh, as part of the ‘Green Riyadh’ project.‎

The park has an area of 754,000 square metres and is strategically located at the ‎intersection of Prince Turki Bin Abdulaziz Al-Awwal Road with Al Urubah Road, allowing ‎easy access to residents from various parts of the city. The park will contribute to ‎enhancing the quality of life, providing recreational places for residents and visitors, and ‎help transform Riyadh into one of the most sustainable cities in the world.‎

The park’s unique design was adopted from several designs submitted by six international ‎contestants who participated in a competition to present ideas that achieve sustainability ‎and conform to environmental standards. The design features 3 kilometres long and 12 ‎meters high path, providing a panoramic view of the city’s landmarks. ‎

The design also utilizes modern technologies in harmony with nature, providing visitors an ‎interactive experience using augmented reality. Over 600,000 trees and shrubs will be ‎planted, covering 65% of the park’s area. In addition, the development of permanent ‎water bodies accommodated in the initial design stages with the Al Laysan Valley pass ‎through the park. ‎

The park also features a 14 km-long walking trail, green terraces, open spaces, and ‎theatres for events and festivals.

The Green Riyadh project is planting trees in neighbourhoods, developing neighbourhood ‎parks, streets, and corridors, developing sidewalks and pedestrian walkways, mosques, ‎and schools. Trees are also being planted in valleys and their tributaries, main roads, and ‎government and public buildings such as ministries, authorities, and universities, in ‎addition to developing a city-wide water network for irrigation with a total length of ‎‎1,350 km. Green Riyadh nurseries produce 3 million trees, shrubs, and soil covers ‎annually to provide the necessary planting needs.‎

The Green Riyadh project is contributing significantly to achieving the goals of the Saudi ‎Green Initiative and Saudi Vision 2030 to plant 10 billion trees in the Kingdom. The ‎project aims to plant 7.5 million trees in the city of Riyadh and increase the city’s ‎vegetation cover to 9% and the per capita share of green space from 1.7 square metres ‎to 28 square metres, equivalent to 16 times its current level. The project also ‎contributes to lowering the city’s temperature and improving air quality by reducing ‎pollution and dust. It will help in enhancing Riyadh’s global rankings to become one of the ‎most livable cities in the world.