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If you travel along Route 146 near Lowe's and Old Route 146, you have noticed that there is a huge parcel of land that lays vacant. You also will notice it has been filled and leveled just waiting for someone to build on it. We now know what will be built on that land and it is an enormous project.

A Capital Region cat still has all of his nine lives thanks to a construction crew stepping in after a lowlife threw him off a bridge into the Hudson River.

It seems there is always some sort of construction as you drive through Clifton Park. Now you can add another one to the list. An upscale apartment complex will be built in Clifton Park. The plans were just approved.

About one year ago, almost to the day, a truck with a hydraulic lift plowed into the Sitterly Road overpass in Clifton Park. The road has been closed on and off for a year but now to actually replace the bridge and road, Sitterly Road will be closed all week.

It seems like we may never get a Costco in the Capital Region. The plans have been submitted and construction was supposed to begin but there are a lot of residents and a non-profit that have raised concerns. Just recently there was another meeting, this time in front of an appeals panel.

They have started building the fourth Druthers Brewing Company location in the Capital Region. Located in Clifton Park, it will be the second in Saratoga County. The 5-acre space is near Clifton Park Center by the Old Brick Furniture and the Staples on the corner of Maxwell Drive and Southside.

Let construction season continue. There is a long stretch of Route 9 that will be getting a makeover which means lane closures through Malta and part of Saratoga. The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) will begin resurfacing that part of the roadway starting today.

Tollbooths on the Thruway have been a familiar sight for the last 66 years, but the days of seeing them are coming to an end.

Summer may be many of our favorite season of the year and our least favorite is construction season. It's well underway and here are a few detours and places roadwork will begin this week in the Capital Region.

The Albany Police Department just identified the body of 19-year-old young man who fell from a scaffold Thursday afternoon in Albany.

Road construction crews will be out starting today (Tuesday, February, 4th) repairing potholes along 787 and Route 9. Expect some delays and rotating lane closures.

Governor Cuomo announced that over one hundred fifty million dollars will be used across the state to fix roadways that have been impacted by extreme weather. The Capital Region is getting twelve million of it. Find out which roads will be repaired.