Qiddiya is being built as the Kingdom's capital of entertainment, sports and the arts — a city where millions of visitors a year will share roads with construction fleets, event traffic and VIP motorcades. AFAQY deployed a unified layer of speed radar enforcement and AI-powered intrusion detection that keeps both the public roads and the restricted zones safe, from a single operations view.
The challenge
A giga-project under construction is two cities at once: a live worksite with thousands of vehicles and workers, and a destination opening to the public in phases. Speeding on the internal road network was the leading safety risk, while restricted zones — rides under commissioning, utility corridors, event back-of-house areas — faced constant pressure from unauthorized entry. Manual patrols could not cover a footprint this size, around the clock.
What we built
AFAQY deployed speed radar cameras across Qiddiya's internal road network, capturing violations with evidence-grade imagery and feeding them directly into the security operations room. In parallel, AI video analytics on the camera network watch the perimeter and restricted zones for intrusion — distinguishing people, vehicles and animals, filtering out wind-blown debris and shadows, and raising an alert only when a real breach occurs.
How it runs today
Operators see every radar and every camera on one map. A speeding vehicle triggers an evidence package — plate, speed, time, location, imagery — in seconds. An intrusion alert carries a live video clip and the exact zone breached, so response teams drive straight to the point. What was a patrol-and-paperwork operation is now a measured, auditable safety system that scales as the city opens.
- Speed radar cameras
- AI intrusion detection
- Edge-AI CCTV
- Security operations room
- Fiber + 5G backhaul
Quality of Life, the Saudi Green Initiative, and the Pilgrim Experience Program all depend on cities that can measure themselves. AFAQY deployments give operators the live evidence they need: violations captured, crowds protected, waste handled cleanly — reported in one platform, auditable end to end.
Use this story when a large site combines road risk, restricted zones and phased growth—and needs evidence from one operations view.
Relevant buyers
- Security Director
- HSE leader
- Mobility lead
- Giga-project PMO
Opportunity signals
- Internal speeding incidents
- Large perimeter
- Manual patrol dependency
- New zones opening in phases
Discovery questions
- 01Which road and perimeter events create the highest exposure?
- 02How is evidence captured and escalated today?
- 03What expansion phases must the design support?