The Portage la Prairie Planning District has released its July permit counts and numbers were down from June.

Last month, 32 permits were issued worth a total of $5.6 million. The bulk of that came from the residential category. Five new singles ($1.9m), one new double ($600k) and 11 repairs ($566k) were counted for a total of $3 million. 

Things were slower in the commercial and industrial categories, but there were two repairs on the institutional side worth $1.9 million.

June was the biggest month of 2022 for values as 36 permits were issued, worth a total of $23 million.

Year-to-date, 152 permits have been issued for a total of $45 million. That's more than 2021 as 216 permits were issued worth a total of $29.5 million (between January and July.)