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===Environment===

Another concern is environmental. CT9 is near [[Cheung Ching Estate]] and [[Mayfair Gardens]]. The machineries and heavy goods vehicles would cause noise pollutionspollution to these residential housing estates. MoreMoreover, the spotlights of CT9 would disturb the residents. The government decided to leave a buffer for building [[office]]s, [[serviced apartment]]s or [[hotel]]s to block the noise and strong light. It turned out the serviced apartment [[Rambler Crest]] by [[Hutchison Whampoa]] was sold as [[property]].

The seabed of the Rambler Channel was dredged to allow large vessels to berth in the new terminals. Those polluted and unpolluted muds and sands were moved to [[Cheung Chau]] and [[Sha Chau]] for treatment and storage. [[Green PeaceGreenpeace]] had madeheld a protest for the dumping of mud out of Hong Kong in 2000, fearing that muds arethe polluted muds would affect the environment of outlying islands.

==New road infrastructure for CT9==