Devin Dreeshen told all of us when he would have the numbers.

So, on Monday, it didn’t take a journalism degree to call Premier Danielle Smith’s point man on pavement.

Dreeshen answered the phone.

The straight-talking bossman of provincial roads had the final results, the numbers of an Alberta government survey scoring the third largest response ever for surveys.

The bottom line. Alberta is now one very big step closer to the speed limit on divided highways going from 110 km/h to 120 km/h.

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