Improvements are in the works at Lehigh Valley International Airport.
The Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority has awarded a $12.92 million contract to improve runway safety.
The construction contract was given Tuesday to L.R. Costanzo Co. Inc., with offices in Orefield, Lehigh County, Scranton, Luzerne County and Surf City, New Jersey.
L.R. Costanzo will install Engineered Material Arresting Systems (EMAS), which consists of crushable concrete placed at the end of a runway to stop an aircraft that overruns the runway.
The tires of the aircraft sink into the lightweight concrete and helps slow down the vessel.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration officials, "To date, there have been nine incidents where EMAS has safely stopped nine overrunning aircraft with a total of 243 crew and passengers aboard those flights."
The funds are through Federal Department of Transportation grants administered through the FAA.
L.R. Costanzo successfully installed an EMAS system at the Wilkes-Barre International Airport.
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