Coverage note. Arlington permit data is paused - the town stopped publishing records we can read on 2026-08-01, so this brief is a frozen snapshot of the week it covers and is not being updated. Towns still updating →
This town’s records stopped. These are live and updating every week.
Contractors pulled 77 permits in Arlington over the week of July 20–26, 2026, a +267% change from the previous week. Measured by volume, electrical ranked first among the week's trades, responsible for 23 of 77 permits spread over 55 streets. For context, Arlington has averaged 12 permits a week over the past month; the prior week's total was 21.
| Trade | Permits |
|---|---|
| Electrical | 23 |
| Plumbing | 21 |
| Building | 19 |
| HVAC | 9 |
| Gas | 5 |
Streets with new filings: Appleton St, Beverly Rd, Candia St, Chatham St, College Ave, Cornell St, Dartmouth St, Dorothy Rd and 47 more.
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