By meadowlakeNOW

Fewer developments in M.L. but higher permit values

Jan 25, 2017 | 3:33 PM

Last year Meadow Lake saw fewer building permits issued to residents, but value of the overall projects went up compared to previous years.

Forty-one permits were issued in 2016, 15 fewer than in 2015. The permits sold amounted to just over $8.1 million, roughly $2 million more than in the previous year. Fire chief and building official Neil Marsh said the change in numbers is mainly due to construction of the Boston Pizza restaurant.

Thirty-three of last year’s total permits were for residential builds ranging from garages, home extensions, renovations or new builds.

With commercial properties, three new permits were issued for construction with two sold for renovations.

Out of the three new buildings, two of them are for new businesses in town. Meadow Lake Native Urban Housing tore down its old building to build a new one. JE Thomas Moore is expanding to include a pet crematorium. The third permit was for the new Boston Pizza restaurant.

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Colton Swiderski is a news and sports reporter for meadowlakeNOW. He can be reached at cswiderski@jpbg.ca or tweet him @coltonswiderski.