KOBE — City officials Thursday began surveying the sea bottom off Port Island to prepare for construction of Kobe airport, scheduled to begin in mid-September, while airport opponents continued to call on the mayor to stop the project.
A survey of nearly 360 hectares of seabed began at about 8 a.m. when a tugboat pulling an oceanographic research ship moved into position.
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