In response to the repeated protests the environmental assessment consultants carried out two successive opinion polls of residents in the surrounding district. The first found an approval rating for the project of only 40 %.
由於抗爭事件不斷，負責環境評估的中華顧問工程司，因此先後對附近紅毛港、大林蒲、鳳鳴社區做過兩次意見調查，結果第一次調查中贊成填海計畫者竟只有四成。