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.
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It s not often that communities welcome the start of road construction and the traffic disruption it brings, but that s the case on a dangerous corridor in western Hennepin County.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation on Tuesday began work on a center median wall on Hwy. 12 to reduce head-on collisions that have too often resulted in fatalities. MnDOT is also putting in a roundabout to make it easier for drivers to get on and off the winding two-lane highway through Orono, Maple Plain and Independence that many in the area have dubbed the Corridor of Death. This is a happy event, said Tina Langhans, who lost her daughter in a head-on crash on Hwy. 12 six years ago and has been pushing for safety improvements since. For me, it brings closure. It s one of the best improvements that can be done.
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