By a 7-4 vote.

But incentives from Piedmont Triad International Airport are still problematic:

Honda executive Tom Fromdahl said the company is seriously considering PTI but faced an obstacle in the $8 million cost of site preparation there. Incentives would help offset that, Fromdahl said, noting the company already has invested $170 million in its existing PTI facility and employs about 550 full-time and contract workers there.

Stay tuned —– the airport authority wants this bad, so it will be interesting where they find the money.