PLT WALKED ACROSS TXWY A AT SFF.

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I WAS WALKING ACROSS TXWY A TO MY TIEDOWN NEAR THE TERMINAL BUILDING AND WAS SURPRISED BY AN ACFT OPERATOR WHO TAXIED ONTO THAT TXWY SUDDENLY FROM A NEARBY PARKING AREA. TXWY A AT FELTS HAS BECOME A NEARLY CONTINUOUS ZONE OF POTENTIAL CONFLICT BTWN FIXED WING ACFT; HELIS; VEHICLES; AND PEDESTRIANS BECAUSE OF THE CONCENTRATION OF TFC AROUND THE TERMINAL BUILDING; FBO'S; AND BUSINESSES. THIS ZONE HAS MORE THE CHARACTER OF A RAMP THAN A TXWY. A SUGGESTION IS TO USE PARALLEL TXWY B AS THE MAIN TXWY AT FELTS. ALSO; IMPROVED SIGNAGE FOR ACFT AND VEHICLE OPERATORS AND PEDESTRIANS AND IMPROVED MARKING OF VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN RTES WOULD REALLY HELP A LOT. NOTE THAT WINTER SNOW COVER AT FELTS MAKES PAINTED RTE MARKERS PROBLEMATIC. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: PLT STATES THAT BUSINESSES HAVE EXPANDED ONTO THE AREA N OF TXWY A. THE CITY IS NOW BUILDING AN ACCESS ROAD TO THIS AREA THAT HAS A TFC LIGHT THAT IS TWR CTLED. HE CONSIDERS THAT THIS WILL SOLVE THE PROB HE DESCRIBED IN HIS RPT.