Safety project underway on Highway 12 near Maple Plain after history of deadly crashes
A group has worked with MnDOT and other governmental agencies to add medians, rumble strips and other safety improvements on Highway 12.
Author: Gordon Severson
Updated: 7:08 PM CDT May 19, 2021
MAPLE PLAIN, Minn. — When a road construction project comes to town, most locals might react with a groan or a complaint, but Tina Langhans couldn’t be happier to see orange cones popping up along Highway 12 in Maple Plain.
"The whole highway in my mind, it's dangerous,” Langhans says.
She lost her 25-year-old daughter Chelsea five years ago to an accident on Highway 12, and she's been working to make the road safer ever since.