Freedom Ship Revives 80,000-Person Floating City Plan With 12-Member Team

3 articles · Updated · Ynetnews · Jun 2

A 12-member management team has been assembled for Freedom Ship, reviving a long-stalled plan to build a 1.8-kilometer vessel designed to house 80,000 people.
Roger Gooch, the project's CEO, said the new lineup includes a project manager, designer and naval architect, arguing the concept is now more viable than in past attempts.
The biggest hurdle remains funding: the ship is estimated to cost about £12 billion, and the company has not yet secured the capital needed to start construction.
If financing is obtained, Gooch said construction could take three to four years for a vessel meant to stay mostly in international waters and rely on smaller boats instead of a home port.
First proposed in the 1990s, Freedom Ship has resurfaced repeatedly without breaking ground, leaving its latest relaunch still far from guaranteed.

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