Building activity in Mapleton up over January 2016 figures

Building activity in the township is off to a good start.

Mapleton chief building official Patty Wright reported at the Feb. 21 council meeting that 14 building permits for construction valued at $1,933,000 were issued in January, generating $23,242 in fees.

During the same period in 2016, only nine permits for $1,292,000 were issued, resulting in $9,782 in permit fees.

Wright said January figures were “well above the five-year average.”

Ten permits for agricultural construction valued at nearly $1.5 million boosted the January numbers, which also included one permit for a single family dwelling valued at $400,000.