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Among the many wonderful attributes of living here in the Capital District is quick and easy access to an international airport.

I’ve always loved the fact that I could breeze down the Northway early in the morning, find a place to park pretty quickly and catch a flight without any hassle.

Over the past couple years, those parking spaces have been tougher and tougher to find, so it was encouraging to hear that the airport was planning a new five-story garage that would attach directly to the terminal.

But I was unaware of the extent of the changes that were to take place. I found out Thursday afternoon.

Apparently, the airport exit northbound is being completely redone so cars no longer have to get off on Wolf Road. The old south-bound ramp is already gone and traffic was backed up everywhere on Thursday.

As I breezed into the airport entrance, I was startled to see the new five-story garage has already been built, although it is not open yet.

There was other construction in baggage claim as well.