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<br /> ' z <br /> August 13 1987 <br /> NEWS RELEASE <br /> <br /> I <br /> CONTACT: Kay Kronholm, Project Information, 687-5123 or 687-5297 <br /> Bob Staley, Project Manager, 687-5123 <br /> FOR IMMED ATE RELEASE <br /> T MPORARY ENTRANCE CHANGE SCHEDULED FOR MAHLON SWEET AIRPORT <br /> <br /> II On o d A st 17 at a roximatel 8 a.m. the Dou las Drive entrance <br /> M ay, ugu pp y g <br /> to Mahlon Sweet Airport will be closed. Air travelers and other airport users <br /> will be d toured north on Greenhill Road to a temporary entrance on Lockheed <br /> Drive. T e temporary reloction of the entrance will allow crews to begin <br /> excavatio on the permanent entrance to the terminal and parking facility at <br /> the airpo t. <br /> Accor ing to Bob Staley, airport expansion project manager, all changes <br /> will be p sted and city staff will be stationed at several locations along the <br /> new route to answer questions and direct traffic. <br /> In a dition to the airport entrance change, all short-term parking will <br /> be shifte from the current location to the recently completed parking area <br /> adjacent o the south end of the terminal. Vehicles will exit from the south <br /> end of th new short-term parking lot on a newly constructed exit road. All <br /> <br /> ~ long-term parking will remain across Greenhill Road from the terminal, with <br /> free shut les to the terminal for air travelers and their luggage. <br /> <br /> II, The ntrance and parking change scheduled for Monday will mark the <br /> <br /> ~I transitio from Phase I to Phase II of the landside construction. Phase II <br /> includes final work on the new parking toll station and covered pedestrian <br /> walkway fV~om the parking area to the terminal and completion of the airport <br /> parking facilities. Landscapers will install additional irrigation lines and <br /> more <br /> <br />