HANOVER — A Randolph company is getting more than $5 million for a Hanover-based U.S. Army Corps of Engineers research project examining the effects of extreme cold on different kinds of roadways and airstrips.
The U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory in Hanover is providing the funding to Applied Research Associates of Randolph. It’s part of a $9 million contract to develop and install a transportation loading system at the frost effects research facility at the CRREL site on Route 10 in Hanover.
The system, which won’t be fully operational until 2023, will be designed to simulate the passage of tens of thousands of vehicles in a 24-hour period to demonstrate how different pavements stand up to heavy usage at freezing temperatures.
The funding was announced last week by U.S. Sens. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H.