Speculation was mounting last night that Government could be about to announce a special development order (SDO) for Tucker’s Point resort.Environment Minister Walter Roban refused to comment yesterday on whether such a statement was likely to be made in the House of Assembly today.Asked directly whether he was considering an SDO for the site and would tell MPs, Mr Roban replied: “I have absolutely nothing to say about what will be going on in the House tomorrow.”A source, who would not be named, told The Royal Gazette: “Apparently there is going to be something about an SDO. They might just make a statement.”Tucker’s Point president Ed Trippe revealed this week that the hotel was in discussions with Government over proposed developments.Mr Trippe stressed the discussions were in the “very early stages”, with several options being discussed.Bermuda National Trust yesterday expressed concern such a move could damage an important ecological area.Trust executive director Jennifer Gray said: “Only very small areas of natural habitat survive in Bermuda and the hills of Castle Harbour are one of the few places where multiple habitats of major and critical significance are sustained.“The risk of such ecologically important areas being developed is of extreme concern to us.”Government denied in October it was considering an SDO for a large-scale construction project on protected land at Tucker’s Point.Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Task Force said at the time it had “became aware of” a proposal made to Government that would require a SDO but then Cabinet Secretary Marc Telemaque scotched the claim.Meanwhile, MPs on both sides of the aisle will pay tribute to a trailblazing PLP politician today.A special session is planned to commemorate the party’s first parliamentary leader, Arnold Francis, who died at the age of 88 on January 25. Otherwise, there are just three official items listed on the Orders of the Day for today’s House session and only one of them is likely to go ahead.The Optometrists and Opticians Amendment Act, which tightens up the rules governing that profession, will get its second reading, according to Health Minister Zane DeSilva.He described it yesterday as a “tweaking” of an earlier law, which amounted to a “bit of housekeeping”.“I don’t think it’s going to be anything too controversial,” he added. “I think it will flow straight through.”The Minister said a motion he gave notice of on December 13 for the House to approve Government’s proposed implementation of a National Health Plan would almost certainly not be taken up today.The other item on the order paper is the Morgan’s Point Resort Act 2010 a bill which will finalise the land swap of the former US Naval Annex for the Southlands property in Warwick.The legislation was tabled by Public Works Minister Derrick Burgess on December 13 but is not expected to be debated today.Opposition Deputy Leader Trevor Moniz said that was a good thing as Government still had questions to answer about the state of the heavily polluted Morgan’s Point, where the Southlands Ltd developers want to build a $2 billion luxury resort. “We are very concerned about things like the remediation [of the pollution],” said the Shadow Attorney General.“The remediation is a very big ticket item that Government has agreed to pay for. What’s the timeframe? What’s it going to cost? I wouldn’t want to debate the bill without having those questions answered. They have not addressed in the bill itself.“Also, the trash that’s being stored up there. These things need to be explored.”Public Works permanent secretary Robert Horton told this newspaper yesterday: “I am able to confirm that the environmental clean-up of Morgan’s Point has not yet commenced. A start date has not been determined. However, that is a subject that we are currently addressing with the Southlands group [Morgan’s Point developers].A year ago Mr Horton said the $35 million had been delayed “pending Government’s pursuit of alternative funding sources”.