DIRECTOR'S ROAD WORK WINS PRAISE.Byline: Alexa Haussler Staff Writer He can tell you anything you need to know about asphalt. He has charts about potholes. And Greg Scott Greg "Greggles" Scott (born 6 March, 1969 in Macclesfield, Cheshire) is an English television presenter. Early life and career The son of a comedian, Greg Scott worked as a redcoat at Butlins and then as a warm-up artist on the Channel 4 programme Countdown for 13 years. is credited with stretching millions of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. taxpayer dollars into innovative programs that could help the city begin to make headway Verb 1. make headway - obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference" against its decades-long backlog of street repairs. Scott, 54, who has been with the city for more than 30 years, has built a reputation as one of the city's most innovative department heads. His fans include Mayor Richard Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, U.S. who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. Riordan ran for Governor of California unsuccessfully in 2002. , who points to Scott as an example of a leader who cuts red tape, finds ways to hold down costs and makes government more efficient. He's won a host of awards from the city in the past five years for leading reforms in his department. Scott started in 1968 as a field engineering aide and moved up the ranks to be named assistant street services director in 1994. A year later the department launched a major effort to improve efficiency, which burgeoned, helping Scott's promotion to director in 1997. His department is credited with saving taxpayers $4.4 million this year alone. ``We're trying to - on a broad front - change,'' he said. The programs launched under his watch include building storage silos This article is about Storage Silos. For other types of silos, see Silo. Storage silos are structures for storing bulk materials. Silos are used in agriculture to store grain (see grain elevators) or fermented feed known as silage. at the city's two asphalt plants An asphalt plant is a plant used for the manufacture of asphalt, macadam and other forms of coated roadstone, sometimes collectively known as blacktop. The manufacture of coated roadstone demands the combination of a number of aggregates, sand and a filler (such as stone to decrease the number of trips trucks have to make; recycling asphalt; and paying truck drivers by the load rather than by the hour to increase productivity. ``We're not perfect,'' he said. ``But we're learning all the time. We're getting better all the time.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Scott |
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