Every year during the pilgrimage season, the streets in the center of Mecca seem to be pressed with a pause button, and people flow out from around the Great Mosque, with buses and private cars crowded in the same corridor. Officials from the comprehensive transportation center spread the map on the table, and the positions of nineteen stations were repeatedly moved.

Mecca, Saudi Arabia has signed a Wasel Al Haram transportation PPP project agreement, with a total amount of 5.664 billion Saudi riyals, approximately 1.51 billion US dollars. The project is outsourced by the Comprehensive Transportation Center under the Royal Commission of Mecca City and Holy Land, using a fully funded social capital model with an overall cycle of 7 to 10 years, divided into three investment packages.

Package 1 and Package 3 were won by the Saudi Arabian Alqaid, Spanish Moventis, and Waskita consortium, while Package 2 belongs to the Mawgif consortium. Nineteen comprehensive transportation stations and supporting parking facilities will be built along seven transportation corridors, covering an area of approximately 3.1 million square meters. The project integrates construction, investment, and operation, with a focus on serving the surrounding area of the Grand Mosque, optimizing the evacuation of people during the pilgrimage and vice pilgrimage periods, and promoting the transformation of local transportation facilities towards integrated investment, construction, and operation.Editor/Min Jing