La Ronge building permit values drop compared to 2018
The estimated value of construction projects in La Ronge so far this year is well below the $12.2 million forecasted in 2018.
In the first seven months of 2019, there were 13 permits issued by the municipality for an estimated value of $3.7 million. That’s compared to 23 permits in all of 2018, which held a value of $12.2 million. The most value on this year’s permits are $2 million for two multi-family dwellings, $800,000 for one single-family dwelling and two commercial/industrial permits worth $570,000. An additional $275,000 is for commercial/industrial renovations.
“I think this year kind of makes up for the big increase that was last year,” said La Ronge Mayor Ron Woytowich. “There were all kinds of new government regulations, all federal, with respect to building codes, heating and stuff like that. A lot of the companies who had intentions on building did so and started last year or they got all their ducks in order so to say.”
The provincial and federal government also invested heavily in La Ronge in 2018 as a number of projects such as a 10-unit seniors centre, apartments for women and children fleeing domestic violence and a care home for adults with mental impairment were built. Woytowich noted the town also spent a considerable amount of money completing long-term construction projects at the airport.