‘We Done Bitches’; Message on Electronic Sign on Just Completed Ring Road

An unidentified person blatantly displayed pleasure on the completion of the Anthony Henday Drive. One of the city’s electronic signs showed some coarse words.

The sign was featured in a video that started circulating on Facebook Saturday night. The first message shown informs motorist that the ring road was now open, then a naughty “we done bitches” to the amusement of travelers. The sign can be found on the westbound lane on Yellowtrail, right after Clover Bar Road.

“Only in Alberta do you see road signs that say ‘We done bitches,'” someone wrote. Another describes the sign as “awesome.”

The person who took the video Shauna Stelmaschuk, and her family drove through the recently finished ring road. As they came up on the sign, she read the messages aloud to her companions.

“We couldn’t believe what we saw,” she said. “We all laughed and took it as good humour.”

Road construction finally done

The construction of the final stretch of the Anthony Henday started in 2012. The first segment of the ring road was developed in the 1970’s however. The northeast portion finally opened to the motoring public. The construction represented Alberta’s first fully-operational ring road, hence the attendance of a number of VIPs.

The 27-kilometer stretch of road cost $1.8 billion and allows Edmontonians 80 kms of obstructionless, free-flow traffic.

This makes Provincial Transportation Minister Brian Mason a happy man. “[This will] improve the quality of life and the economy of communities around Alberta,” he said.
Stelmaschuk feels that the person responsible for the sign felt equally ecstatic, although he expressed it differently. She said,”I think that person, in humour, hopefully, just saw it as ‘we’re done, we’re here, let’s carry on.”

What the government thinks

Mason said his office knows about the video and that they will work on the sign.

“Two thousand people worked very hard to bring this project to completion, and there’s obviously a lot of pride in that work,” In a written statement, Mason’s press secretary Aileen Machell remarked, “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.”

Nevertheless, Stelmaschuk stated that the messeage did not bother her. She said, “The language is not something I would want my children to repeat.” However, she added, “I understand [the criticism], but to be very honest it was not my initial reaction.
“I didn’t take offense to it at all.”
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