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'Alamonte' Springs road sign error won't cost taxpayers

It looks like the creator of this road sign should have used spellchecker.
Along Interstate 4 near Altamonte Springs, a new road sign was put up, but there is a slight problem: There is no such city called “Alamonte Springs” in Central Florida.
Channel 9 viewer Jennifer Fillmon sent traffic reporter Racquel Asa a photo of the sign Wednesday. Asa has reached out to the Florida Department of Transportation about the issue.  
"You hope that 22 people proofread that big old sign before they mount it above the exit, but apparently no one did," Fillmon said.

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Contractors installed the sign last week and said FDOT noticed the misspelling within 24 hours.
But since the sign, crane and crew that are required to install it are from out of town, it has taken some time to replace it and correct the spelling.
The sign has since been replaced.
FDOT said there will be no charge to taxpayers for having to replace the sign. The contractors who created the sign are responsible for funding its replacement.
But it isn’t the first time a sign has been misspelled on I-4. In April 2018, Channel 9 reported a “Princenton” sign that was later corrected to “Princeton.”

Read: Ooops! "Princenton" error on I-4

If you think that’s bad, in 2013, a misspelled road sign in Jacksonville, reading “Univ of North Flordia” embarrassed state transportation officials.

Read: 'Florida' misspelled on highway road sign

Plus, Florida was misspelled twice on the same sign.

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