 In early November in Lake County Indiana a member of the state's legislature and a member of the county board, both Republicans, publicly opposed the project.On November 12 the Lowell (IN) Town Council voted to remove Councilman Donald Parker, D-3rd, from his seat on the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission so as to ensure that the town's vote on the regional council was in opposition to the highway project.Lowell Council President Edgar Corns, R-5th, was appointed in Parker's place.