The south security checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport will close temporarily beginning Wednesday, May 4 at 7 p.m. to install new automated screening equipment expected to help address the problem of long wait times at TSA checkpoints.

The work is expected to take about three weeks, according to a written statement from the Transportation Security Administration. During the closure, TSA will open additional lanes at other checkpoints.

Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport has been working to address long wait times at checkpoints. During busy periods of the day, the wait times can be close to an hour long, with lines at the main checkpoint in the domestic terminal stretching through the atrium and sometimes into baggage claim.

In addition to the new security lane system, Delta has also offered staffing to help supplement the TSA for clearing queues.

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8/26/17 - Atlanta, GA - Georgia leaders, including Gov. Nathan Deal, Sandra Deal, members of the King family, and Rep. Calvin Smyre,  were on hand for unveiling of the first statue of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday at the statehouse grounds, more than three years after Gov. Nathan Deal first announced the project.  During the hour-long ceremony leading to the unveiling of the statue of Martin Luther King Jr. at the state Capitol on Monday, many speakers, including Gov. Nathan Deal, spoke of King's biography. The statue was unveiled on the anniversary of King's famed "I Have Dream" speech. BOB ANDRES  /BANDRES@AJC.COM

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