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<br /> ~ R <br /> News Rele se Mahlon Sweet Airport Bid Documents <br /> February 5, 1988 <br /> Page 2 <br /> area. Th project will add four, 75-foot bays to the north wing for <br /> ticketing airline offices, and baggage makeup; four, 75-foot bays to the <br /> south win for baggage claim, restaurant, and rental car areas; and a 26-foot <br /> addition o the face of the terminal for waiting space and passenger queuing. <br /> The cente of the terminal will be opened for public circulation, waiting, <br /> and for a cess to the expanded gift shop, remodeled restaurant and cocktail <br /> lounge, p blic seating, displays, and maintenance areas. <br /> The ew, second-level concourse will include six gate holding areas for <br /> passenger boarding, concession space, waiting areas, and ramp-level airline <br /> operation The area will be served by escalators, stairs, and an elevator <br /> 'I, The new t rminal will provide 150 feet of ticket counter, a 200-foot long <br /> automated baggage claim system, plus a 30-foot bag slide for oversized <br /> baggage. <br /> Arch tects for the expansion project are TRA from Seattle, Wasington, <br /> and repre ented locally by Brockmeyer McDonnel Architects. TRA has national <br /> experienc in airport design and has been a consultant on the project since <br /> ~ 1980. Br ckmeyer McDonnel Architects is a Eugene-based architectural firm. <br /> i <br /> ~'i With the approval of a bond measure in March, 1987, the city was able <br /> i <br /> to comple a the $18.3 million financial package needed for expansion of the <br /> airport t rminal and parking lots and for construction of anew road system. <br /> j The $3.3 illion landside contract for the construction of the parking lots <br /> and road ystem was completed in October, 1987; landscaping will continue <br /> into spri g, 1988. <br /> more <br /> i <br /> <br />