For the month of October, regional district development services approved 22 building permits for a construction projects valued at $1,657,939 in the Central Okanagan East and Central Okanagan West electoral areas.
That compares with 19 permits issued in October 2011 for projects valued at $1,763,325.
During the first 10 months of 2012, 115 building permits have been approved in the two electoral areas for projects valued at $8.5-million. Last year for the same period, 147 permits were approved at a value of more than $11.1-million.