Population of Southwold Township projected to double [Video]

An Elgin County community is expected to double in size as plans for multiple residential developments loom.

The Township of Southwold expects shovels in the ground as early as 2025.

The expansion is a direct spinoff of new industries coming to St. Thomas and London.

In Shedden, word is spreading that hundreds of new townsfolk are expected over the next few years — it is the same story in Fingal.

At the Shedden’s Canada Post Office, some residents are dead set against change, but others see it as progress.

“It won’t change anything. This is a great little town, and we look forward to the development, said resident Bert Mulder.

The housing plan is aggressive. It calls for this a large swath of farmland behind the Shedden fire station to be transformed into a new subdivision.

It is the same story for what is now a cornfield across the street.

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