Margaret Pustell

• Margaret Pustell was chairman of the Andover Community Paths Comittee, now part of the Trails Committee.

• She was an untiring advocate of pedestrians and bikers.

• Thanks to her persistance, Andover passed a bylaw which created more than 25 trails or links between neighborhoods.

• She pushed the Planning Board to consider pedestian access when they appoved a new residential or commercial development.

• She has also pushed MassHighway to consider bikers and walkers when roads and bridges are built.

• More recently she has worked with Massachusetts Commission for the Blind to make intersections easier for those with limited eyesite.

• At Town Meeting in 2002 she and her husband Bob were awarded the Virginia Cole Community Service Award.

See

• "Margaret Pustell Fights for Foot and Pedal Power," Eagle Tribune, May 3, 2004, p. A2, A4.

--Leslie 16:36, September 11, 2012 (EDT)

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