Township had near-record year for construction in 2008

The township had a good year when it came to new construc­tion, and Mayor John Green was quick to acknowledge that at council on Jan. 13.

“This is the second highest that I recall,” he said of the $28.6-million in construction. “It hit $30-million a couple of years ago … It’s been a pretty good building year in 2008.”

Chief Building Official Jim Baker reported the total for single family homes last year was 25; there were 42 addi­tions to homes. There were 71 permits issued for accessory buildings to sin­gle family homes, eight addi­tions or renovations to cottages, four commercial build­ing pro­jects, seven in­dus­trial build­ing permits issued, eight more for institutional purposes, and 119 agriculturally related construc­tion projects.

Baker said the township had $26.3-million worth of construction in 2007 and collected $202,859 in permit fees.

This year it collected $221,946 in per­mit fees.