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Kelly Yamanouchi

Checkpoint construction work causing long waits at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson

ATLANTA — Long security lines are stretching through the terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport with waits of longer than 40 minutes during peak times, as construction work at the main checkpoint has closed some screening lanes.

The $66 million project to replace X-ray machines with more advanced scanners to screen carry-on bags started this month, with three of the lanes closed.

During busy periods, “you may see long lines,” Hartsfield-Jackson general manager Balram Bheodari acknowledged. “We’ve got capacity constraints.”

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