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STOCKTON METROPOLITAN AIRPORT SPECIAL PURn. LAN `AIR METRO PARK ADDENDUM r d PRIMARY GATEWAY Airport v Ferm;nal 5i Airport East aev,lopmear the terminal while orienting the visitor as they suc- cessfully travel through the facility, f ti��0 UN. o Recommended improvements to the Air Metro Primary � Qo�� Ai.po�r Park Primary Gateway include: Gateway F ��k OW:0o A traffic roundabout at the intersection of C.E. Dixon St.with Wisdom cen- � Court- providinga f. A;r`Metm Park O traf focal point for the organized placement of ! Development' other wayfndin Area `�7 `w; g elements; Gc{ New directional/identity signage - orienting vis- itors toward either the Airport terminal facility or Air Metro Park development area; Place markers to flank the entry - including ver- tical columns,skyline trees, and colorful accentor L- The C.E. Dixon St. intersection with Airport Way is thenprimary l po5!ectegatewayelements consistent with n the primary entry point for both the Air Metro Park (refer to SpecialPurpose Plan: P�marta Proane � business area and air travelers seeking the Stockton Gateway). yfect Metropolitan Airport terminal facility. Additional lighting g g - intended to increase night- time visibility; Entering the area from the west,however, a visitor Increased landscaping - intended to establish a is immediately faced with the confusing and poorly dearly recognizable image for the Air Metro designed intersection of C.E. Dixon St. and Longe Park development area. ' - Street/Wisdom Court - requiring a motorist to either make a hard left turn toward the Airport ter- The final design of any improvements to the minal or to continue forward or right into the Air Primary Gateway into the Air Metro Park develop Metro business park. The public's orientation prob- lems are compounded by the current lack of ade- quate directional signage to the Airport terminalExisting- Building with the current Airport signs both too small and " poorly placed. This combination .of poor entry design and inadequate directional signage inevitably leads to a disorienting,negative experience for first- o� LONG STREET time visitors to the area. 44 To To ; Airport. ,. In order to help better orient the public and create Terminal i;=5 &U ; LU Existing a more positive first impression of the area,it is rec- Proposed ommended that the primary gateway point to both Gateway Building Air Metro Park and the Stockton Metropolitan with Special x r Signage& Airport terminal be upgraded.to clearly signal when Landscaping Q. you have arrived and when you are leaving the Air ' �. • • �.4-�.:,. 1. Metra Park business area 1 Stockton Metropolitan AIRPORT WAYS' Airport terminal facility. These improvements will. serve in unifying the airport edges with the rest of Recommended Improvements at Primary Gateway _ 6-2 GATEWAYS �_..