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A crude, digital construction sign is getting plenty of attention on social media in Edmonton after it purportedly appeared on Anthony Henday Drive just hours after the northeast leg of the ring road was completed.
A video of the sign was posted to Facebook Saturday night and shows a digital sign flashing, “NEW NORTH A. HENDAY…NOW OPEN..WE DONE B*TCHES.”
WATCH BELOW: A controversial digital message marking the completion of the northeast leg of Anthony Henday Drive has sparked social media reaction. Slav Kornik reports.
READ MORE: IN PHOTOS: Final leg of Anthony Henday Drive opens to motoristsIt is not clear who put up the message. Late Sunday afternoon, Alberta’s Transportation Ministry provided a statement to Global News to say it was aware of the prank.“Two-thousand people worked very hard to bring this project to completion and there’s obviously a lot of pride in that work,” a ministry spokesperson said. “It seems someone changed the sign as part of the celebrations, however, the wording is not the kind we would use and we had it changed immediately.”
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Many people took to Twitter to react to the video of the sign. Here are just a few of the tweets.
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