North Huron is the latest municipality to be getting some new residential development.
Council recently gave tentative approval of the Hutton Heights development just outside of Wingham (southwest of the corner of Highways 86 and 4).
There will also be new development in town at Wingham Creek and two in Blyth (one at the location of the old school, and the other at the north end of the village).
Reeve Bernie Bailey says the plan is to start small and add on.
Bailey says the new homes will help address the labour shortage that the region is currently facing.
He says there is no place to rent and they hope by allowing new development in the area, industries will be able to hire more people.
Bailey says the new development will also increase the tax base bringing in revenue to help provide residents with things like recreation.
