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U <br /> STOCKTON METROPOLITAN AIRPORT SPEaAL PURPOSE PLAN ' AIR METRO PARK ADDENDUM U <br /> PRIMARY GATEWAY <br /> 0 <br /> Metro Park business area 1 Stockton Metropolitan (13 <br /> Airport terminal facility. <br /> rt <br /> Recommended improvements to the Air Metro L) <br /> �rt Ear <br /> T.rmin.l <br /> Park Primary Gateway include: <br /> A traffic roundabout at the intersection of C.E. <br /> Dixon St.with Wisdom Court- providing a cen- <br /> a tral focal point for the organized placement of <br /> Ai <br /> Peary Q�::. other wayfinding elements; <br /> Gateway <br /> 7%, <br /> p800 � <br /> Air Metra Park <br /> Developmeok'; <br /> Area:::."U <br /> uR •y LONGE STREET <br /> O <br /> Q OOM 7 <br /> L 0cdir...r,vmr ® i W �aI <br /> .Fi n n ry.ri..tl r..r �n� ,�''. W <br /> rr rC <br /> a Z <br /> The C.E. Dixon St intersection with Airport Way is x Q <br /> the primary entry point for both theAir Metro Park <br /> business area and air travelers seeking the Stockton u <br /> Metropolitan Airport terminal facility. <br /> AIRPORT WAY <br /> Entering the area from the east, however, a visitor <br /> is immediately faced with the confusing and poorly <br /> designed intersection of C.E. Dixon St. and Longe • New directi onallidentity signage - orienting vis- <br /> Street/Wisdom Court - requiring a motorist to itors toward either the Airport terminal facility <br /> either make a hard left turn toward the Airport ter- or Air Metro Park development area; U <br /> minal or to continue forward or right into the Air • Place markers to flank the entry - including <br /> Metro business park. The public's orientation prob- either vertical columns or groupings of tall 0 <br /> lems are compounded by the current lack of ade- columnar trees; <br /> quate directional signage to the Airport terminal- Additional lighting - intended to increase night- <br /> with the current Airport signs both too small and time visibility;and 0 <br /> poorly placed. This combination of poor entry Increased landscaping - intended to establish a 0 <br /> design and inadequate directional signage inevitably clearly recognizable image for the Air Metro U <br /> leads to a disorienting,negative experience for first- Park development area. <br /> time visitors to the area. <br /> The final design of any improvements to the (d) <br /> In order to help better orient the public and create Primary Gateway into the Air Metro Park develop- <br /> a more positive first impression of the area,it is rec- mens area should be generally consistent with the <br /> ommended that the primary gateway point to both design character and quality of Primary Gateways <br /> Air Metro Park and the Stockton Metropolitan installed at entrances to the Stockton Metropolitan <br /> Airport terminal be upgraded to clearly signal when Airport's other designated development areas 0 <br /> you have arrived and when you are leaving the Air (Airport East,Airport West,and Airport South). U <br /> 6-2 GATEWAYS Q <br />