Staff writer
KOBE -- As the controversial Kobe airport project moves closer to reality, city assembly members and local activists opposed to the plan are preparing a petition drive this summer calling for a plebiscite on the issue.
"The plebiscite may be our last chance to block the airport, because construction is scheduled to begin next year," said Tomio Awahara, a city assembly member, whose election promise was to stop the airport.
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