Building up year to date

Year-to-date building activity in Mapleton remains ahead of last year’s pace.

“We had another good month in March,” chief building official Patty Wright told council on April 14. While March figures were “a little below” March 2014 numbers, Wright said, “we’re still over last year so we’re doing pretty well.”

“I think our building permits are just going up because I hear that our building department is so approachable. I’m getting nothing but good feedback,” said Mayor Neil Driscoll.

The building department issued 20 permits in March for construction valued at $3,061,200, generating permit fees of $24,345. In March 2014, 21 permits were issued for construction valued at nearly $4.9 million and $41,514 in fees.

As of the end of March, 49 permits were issued for $17.4-million worth of construction activity, generating just over $69,000 in fees. In the same period last year, 32 permits were issued for construction valued at $6,584,300, with fees just over $50,000.