One of the world’s largest urban greening projects, Green Riyadh (www.riyadhgreen.sa) will increase the green cover in the Saudi capital with the planting of 7.5 million trees. This will help increase the city’s green cover from 1.5 percent of the total area to 9.1 percent, or approximately 541 square kilometers, by 2030. Green space availability will increase to 28 square meters per capita from the current 1.7 square meters per capita, compared to the World Health Organization’s recommendation of 9 square meters per capita. Green Riyadh will help reduce average ambient temperature by 2 degrees Celsius, and will use more than 1 million cubic meters of treated sewage affluent daily for irrigation, for the sustainability of water resources in the city. An iconic new health and wellness destination in the heart of the city, Sports Boulevard (www.riyadhalmasar.sa) will feature a 135 kilometer-long professional cycling track covering the city and the surrounding valleys, the first of its kind in the region. Adding 3.5 million square meters of new open space across the city, this grand project will also feature a sports pavilion, riding stables and athletics tracks, in fact accommodating a wide variety of sports activities. Sports Boulevard has been designed with full accessibility for all segments of the population. Riyadh Art (www.riyadhart.sa) is the world's single largest government investment in public art and will establish the city as “a gallery without walls” through a world-class interactive public arts program. With 1,000 art pieces curated through 10 separate arts programs and an annual arts festival, this grand project will feature large-scale art works that will both fascinate and engage artists and art lovers from across the world. The highlight of Riyadh Art will be an iconic installation that will be Riyadh’s 21st century landmark art statement, to be created by the world’s most innovative, creative and ambitious talent. Construction for the above four wellbeing projects will start in the second half of 2019. --SPA 16:30 LOCAL TIME 13:30 GMT 0010 www.spa.gov.sa/w1068390